Outrage at efforts to break promise on adaptation finance in Bonn climate negotiations

As UN Climate negotiations in Bonn wrap up in the closing hours, ActionAid’s Global Lead on climate justice, Teresa Anderson, said;   

“Developing countries are furious at rich countries’ efforts to break a historic promise on adaptation finance. Only six months ago, governments at COP30 in Belém agreed to triple finance to help climate-hit countries cope with the impacts of a changing climate. Developing countries are now asking for a clear plan to deliver on their promise. But they are being met with stonewalling. It seems that wealthy countries want to quietly forget their promise to help countries on the frontline of the climate crisis survive the escalating climate impacts that will otherwise devastate millions of lives.  

“But the good news is that we came a step closer to untangling knotty questions on how to reshape energy and food systems without harming people’s jobs and wellbeing. If COP31 succeeds in setting up a just transition mechanism to support countries and communities to navigate the many challenges of climate transitions, this could be a vital key to unlocking and speeding up climate action and justice everywhere.”