At the COP29 discussions on the new climate finance goal (NCQG) negotiations today, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) refused to discuss the latest weak draft text and walked out of the session.
Teresa Anderson, the Global Lead on Climate Justice at ActionAid International, said:
“In refusing to accept peanuts, LDCs and AOSIS are standing up for frontline countries and the planet. They can’t allow the world’s richest polluting countries to shirk their finance obligations or leave urgent climate action unfunded.
They know that the world is watching them, and that the future depends on these negotiations. Refusing to engage with these insulting offers was their only option. It’s now down to the US to stop blocking progress, and for other developed countries to stop hiding behind them.
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Spokespeople Available at COP29 for interviews:
- Hamdi Benslama – EU Advocacy Advisor
- Teresa Anderson – AAI Climate Justice Lead (Head of Delegation)
- Brandon Wu – Director of Policy and Campaigns AAUSA
- Kelly Stone – Senior Policy Analyst at ActionAid USA
- Agnes Schim van der Loeff – Policy Advisor Climate Justice at ActionAid Netherlands
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