A paltry 14 percent of climate finance is going to the least developed nations and just 2 percent to small island developing states, which have done least to cause the climate crisis but are being hit hardest. Climate finance provided and mobilised by developed countries for developing countries totalled USD 78.9 billion in 2018, up… Continue reading Too much climate finance given as loans force poorer nations into debt
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200 + countries to meet in early 2021 for charting post pandemic recovery
The UNCTAD15 conference will take place in Barbados under the theme “From inequality and vulnerability to prosperity for all” and will focus on global trade, economic recession and sustainable development especially of the least developed countries. UNCTAD’s 15th quadrennial ministerial conference (UNCTAD15) will be held in Bridgetown, Barbados from 25 to 30 April 2021 and will present… Continue reading 200 + countries to meet in early 2021 for charting post pandemic recovery