‘Vulnerable’ Pacific countries must get maximum benefit from ‘loss and damage’ fund, Australian climate minister says
by Katharine Murphy Political editor from on (#6GHNJ)
Chris Bowen also says climate disaster fund will need to be bankrolled by broader-than-expected range of countries in speech ahead of Cop28
Australia's climate minister, Chris Bowen, says Pacific nations and other countries vulnerable to climate catastrophe should be the major beneficiaries of loss and damage" funding, and a broader range of countries should bankroll the international effort along with the private sector.
Bowen used a speech to a foreign policy thinktank on Tuesday night to signal Australia's position ahead of Cop28, the looming United Nations-led climate talks, which get under way in the United Arab Emirates later this month.
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