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COP26: What do the poorest countries want from climate summit?
BBC News ^ | October 31, 2021

Posted on 10/31/2021 7:18:10 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Developing countries are the most vulnerable to the damage caused by climate change, such as floods, droughts and wildfires.

Addressing the needs of less wealthy and smaller countries is vital for the COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow, where leaders are being asked to agree on new commitments to tackle climate change.

What do developing countries want?

The least developed countries have set out their priorities for negotiations. They want richer and developed countries to:

* fulfil a pledge to provide $100bn (roughly equivalent to £73bn at current exchange rates) each year in finance to help reduce emissions and adapt to climate change

* agree to net-zero targets on greenhouse gases well before 2050, with specific targets for major emitters such as the US, Australia and countries in the EU

* acknowledge the loss and damage they have experienced, such as the effects of rising sea levels or frequent flooding

* finalise rules on how countries will implement previous agreements In a statement ahead of the summit, the group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) said "raising global ambition and increasing climate finance is paramount to our survival".

"This crisis isn't being treated like a crisis. That has to change here in Glasgow," said the group's chairman, Sonam Wangdi.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fakescience; globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism
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1 posted on 10/31/2021 7:18:10 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

1. Money
2. Money
3. Money

Questions?


2 posted on 10/31/2021 7:20:18 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What a stupid question as a headline. They want other people’s money.


3 posted on 10/31/2021 7:20:56 PM PDT by blackdog (Jab Dodger. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“The best things in life are free,
But you can keep them for the birds & bees’
Now give me MONEY, (that’s what I want!)


4 posted on 10/31/2021 7:23:08 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Da Coyote

Yeah, but they’d settle for cheap oil and gas. They are not equipped for electric. They need sewage and clean water and farming and manufacturing to start their own industrial revolutions. Cheap energy is the start.


5 posted on 10/31/2021 7:24:41 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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6 posted on 10/31/2021 7:24:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Everything Woke turns to shit.” ~ President Donald Trump)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Send them birth control pills. Tons of it.


7 posted on 10/31/2021 7:25:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Da Coyote

That is ONLY what it has been about from day 1.


8 posted on 10/31/2021 7:27:08 PM PDT by Mark17 (USAF ATCer, Retired. Father of USAF pilot. ATCers & pilots, the quintessential elements of aviation)
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To: monkeyshine

Cheap energy is the start.
***The future of energy is LENR.
https://freerepublic.com/tag/lenr/index?tab=articles


9 posted on 10/31/2021 7:27:53 PM PDT by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

c’mon BBC - you know they’ve upped the ante. and no amount will ever be enough:

30 July: Bloomberg: South Africa Says $750 Billion a Year Needed for Climate Goals
Current target is for $100 billion a year for climate funds
By Antony Sguazzin
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-30/south-africa-says-750-billion-a-year-needed-for-climate-goals


10 posted on 10/31/2021 7:27:55 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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Developing countries are the most vulnerable to the damage caused by climate change, such as floods, droughts and wildfires.

I see no correlation at all. I'd like them to back that statement up. California is hit by floods, droughts and wildfires and it's not "developing".

11 posted on 10/31/2021 7:28:13 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Alec Baldwin has killed more people than the Jan 6 protesters. And he will serve less jail time.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hey, you know, developed countries have floods, droughts and wildfires. So what?


12 posted on 10/31/2021 7:29:22 PM PDT by caver
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Buckets of cash that will disappear into the bank accounts of their political class.


13 posted on 10/31/2021 7:31:42 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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… Buckets of cash that will disappear into the bank accounts of their political class…

Plus 10% for The Big Guy.


14 posted on 10/31/2021 7:33:15 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

My money, my country and my freedom.


15 posted on 10/31/2021 7:34:21 PM PDT by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees


16 posted on 10/31/2021 7:35:52 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: caver

Yeah you know, “those things”


17 posted on 10/31/2021 7:37:23 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

To reduce wear and tear on the environment raise the standard of living in the third world.


18 posted on 10/31/2021 7:37:34 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yup, money.


19 posted on 10/31/2021 7:39:31 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
WHO GIVES A F_CK????
20 posted on 10/31/2021 7:53:19 PM PDT by datura (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny.)
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