Climate finance: what about international solidarity?
For sub-Saharan populations (here, a woman in Somaliland), prolonged droughts are among the most dramatic consequences of global warming. Keystone / Mark Naftalin / United Nations D
The industrialised countries are the main producers of CO2 emissions. However, they are not doing enough to help poorer nations – worst hit by the effects of global warming – to cope with the climate crisis. A new report criticises the laxity of European countries, Switzerland among them.
This content was published on February 12, 2021 - 09:00
February 12, 2021 - 09:00
Luigi Jorio
A journalist from Ticino resident in Bern, I write on scientific and social issues with reports, articles, interviews and analysis. I am interested in environmental, climate change and energy issues, as well as migration, development aid and human rights in general.
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