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EVER since the signing of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, one of that global accord's most important provisions, the funding of the climate adaptation needs of vulnerable countries by the developed world responsible for the greatest part of planet-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, has proven to be one of its most problematic. Not only have rich countries consistently failed to meet the $100 billion per year target established...

Editor's note: This is the revised version of a speech delivered at the Philippine Book Festival, held at the World Trade Center, Pasay City from June 2 to 4, 2023. An earlier version was published in the June 14, 2023 print edition of The Manila Times as "Opening Hungary." THIS book launching would not be possible without the unwavering support of our book authority, the National Book Development Board (NBDB), and the Embassy of Hungary in the...