Discussions about how to reform lumbering multilateral bureaucracies can get tedious quickly.
How to make more money available for developing nations that are being battered by extreme weather?
And how to make sure poor countries don’t spend too much money servicing their debt?
Experts estimate that at least $1 trillion a year is needed to help developing countries adapt to hotter temperatures and rising seas, build out clean energy projects and cope with climate disasters.
“For many countries, they will only be able to implement strong new climate plans if we see a quantum leap in climate finance this year,” Simon Stiell, the United Nations climate chief, said in a speech last week.
Persons:
” Simon Stiell
Organizations:
World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations
Locations:
United