"Developing countries are looking forward to a tripling of the finance to help them adapt to extreme weather measures such as regrowing mangrove swamps, erecting flood defences, growing new crops or storing water against drought but that language is couched in ambiguous terms. It calls for efforts to at least triple adaptation finance. The $120bn (92bn) a year promised by 2035 must also be compared with the $360bn they are projected to need."
"While 194 countries argued for more than 12 hours on Friday night over the final details of what should be voluntary and what should be a legally binding commitment as the Cop30 UN climate summit drew to a close, Steven Victor, the environment minister of Palau, tried to remind them of what they were fighting for: people's lives."
"Brandon Wu at Action Aid said: Ten years from now is an unimaginably long time for communities facing life-threatening impacts now. Unless developed countries are pressed hard, this decision does little but lock in climate injustice for the foreseeable future."
People are losing lives and livelihoods to storms fueled by warming seas. Coral reefs, crucial to island food systems, culture and economies, face dieback. Forest ecosystems are nearing tipping points. Negotiations at Cop30 focused on whether commitments should be voluntary or legally binding, with small island states warning about a potential 1.5C overshoot. The summit outcome will be judged by lives saved. Developing countries seek a tripling of adaptation finance for measures such as mangrove restoration, flood defences, new crops and water storage. Current pledges fall far short of projected needs, risking climate injustice.
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