Cameron Pledges £60 Million in UN Climate ‘Reparations’

Published on December 1, 2023

The UK government has agreed to pay tens of millions in climate “reparation” Loss and Damage funds at this year’s U.N. COP28 summit. On Friday, the UK government pledged a £60 million contribution to the world’s poorest countries affected by climate change at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Dubai. The Loss and Damage fund is a plan to get wealthy nations that benefited from fossil fuels during the Industrial Revolution to compensate developing states. The UK also announced £1.6 billion for international climate change projects throughout the summit. UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron wrote on X, (formally known as Twitter), that it is “vital we build on our support to the developing countries most impacted by climate change.”...

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