Small island nations want major polluters India, China pay for climate fund
The climate change debate took a new turn on Wednesday when the small island nation asked countries such as India and China, which are considered highly polluting countries, to contribute to the Climate Fund. This is reported to help countries recover from climate change-related disasters.The proposal was made by Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Braun at the UN COP27 summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. This is the first time India and China have been joined by a small island nation as a major emitter.Mr Brown said in front of media representatives on the sidelines of the summit that despite the fact that both countries (India and China) are emerging economies, the obligation to pay climate offset funds said there is. He represented the Negotiating Block of the Association of Small Island States (AOSIS).
There turned into consensus most of the delegates on the convention to absorb the difficulty of loss and harm because the formal schedule for the primary time withinside the records of global weather negotiations, stated further.Reports from the summit quoted Browne as saying:“We all understand that the People’s Republic of China, India they are main polluters, and the polluter need to pay.” “I do not assume that there is any unfastened byskip for any usa and I do not say this with any acrimony.”In weather talks parlance, the phrase “loss and harm” refers to fees already being incurred from weather-fuelled climate extremes or impacts, like growing sea levels
