"It's a paltry sum," said Chandni Raina, a member of India's delegation, during the conference's closing meeting. "It is not something that will enable conducive climate action that is necessary for the survival of our country and for the growth of our people, their livelihoods."
Raina criticized the meeting's president, Mukhtar Babayev, for passing the financing agreement before he gave countries a chance to comment. "Trust is the basis for all action, and this incident is indicative of a lack of trust, a lack of collaboration on an issue which is a global challenge..."
Mohamed Adow, director of the Kenyan think tank Power Shift Africa, said at a press conference that the funding agreement fails to address the urgent needs of developing nations in combating climate change.
The final agreement set a goal of $300 billion annually, which drew ire from developing nations who argued it falls woefully short compared to the $1.3 trillion they initially demanded.
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