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Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan, has joined a chorus of leaders using their speeches to call for more money to reach their climate goals - and specifying that they need grants rather than loans that saddle them with more debt.

Without climate justice, there can be no real resilience," he said. I wouldn't want other countries to face the fight Pakistan faced in 2022."

Pakistan was devastated by floods two years ago, shortly before Cop27. The disaster added a sense of urgency to that year's negotiations that helped pressure rich countries to set up a fund to pay for the losses and damages borne by poor countries. (You can read more on that from my colleague Nina Lakhani here.)

Two years, I warned at the top of my voice that the future would never forgive our inaction," said Sharif. Today, I echo the same warning with greater urgency and fullest energy at my command."

25 countries have announced a commitment to swift and ambitious climate action.