Climate summit: $ 1.3 trillion for poor countries - who pays?

Climate summit: $ 1.3 trillion for poor countries - who pays?

Aserbaidschan - The clock ticks relentlessly! During the UN climate negotiations in Azerbaijan, the negotiators are immense to achieve a breakthrough. The vulnerable nations demand dizzying $ 1.3 trillion to cope with the devastating damage to climate change and build up their own clean energy systems. But the rich countries are not yet ready to offer this sum. A serious race against time has started!

With only two days until the deadline, the negotiations have stalled. Adonia Ayebare, chairman of the G77+China group, urgently demands a clear number: "We need a number, then the rest will follow. But we need a heading," said the Ugandian negotiator. In the meantime, various suggestions are discussed, including 900 billion, 600 billion and even only $ 440 billion - all far from the required 1.3 trillion.

urgency grows

The negotiators agree that the developed countries, which are historically the main causes of climate change, are responsible. Diego Pacheco Balanza, Chairman of the Like-Minded Group, commented concerns about the insufficient $ 200 billion, which are circulating in the negotiations: "This is not enough!". There are also demands that emerging economies such as China and Saudi Arabia, which are considered developing countries despite their prosperity, are also asked to checkout.

The negotiations are going for over a week, and the negotiators are facing a sleepless night, since a revised draft is expected for Thursday morning. "We will have long days and hours ahead of us ... This will be a steep ascent," warned the European climate representative Wopke Hoekstra. The host Azerbaijan urges the countries to increase the pace and promote cooperation to achieve results that make a real difference.