Development
Climate finance and loss and damage at UNGA 81
Raised by 68 of 223 speakers. Read verbatim UN transcript quotes and select a time to hear the speech.
Speeches that raised climate finance and loss and damage
Fiji · Day 3Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati LalabalavuWe must take it further still through connectivity, food and energy security, and Pacific-led financing, such as something the Pacific has built.
The Pacific Resilience Facility is the first climate and disaster financing facility owned, governed, and hosted by the states it serves.
Its treaty entered into force in May.
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Barbados · Day 3Mia Amor MottleyThe climate vulnerable countries need to mobilize approximately $490 billion each year by 2030.
And yet, the current inflows are roughly $90 billion.
As the young people in Barbados would say, the math simply ain't mathing.
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Nepal · Day 3Balendra ShahAfter at least 1,400 deaths and over 6,000 people still missing, a rapid assessment pegged physical recovery needs at about 10% of GDP.
As in rebuilding after a post-disaster like 2015 Gorkha earthquake, we count on your solidarity and support.
But we must also understand why this disaster matters beyond Nepal.
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Madagascar · Day 3Michaël RandrianirinaThis means we need to rebalance access to financing.
Current aid and lending criteria often rely solely on GDP per capita, excluding many vulnerable countries.
The United Nations should therefore take into account the multidimensional vulnerability index so that access to concessional financing reflex climate shocks and external debt burdens.
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Ghana · Day 3John Dramani Mahamagovernments are forced into a tragic choice to service predatory debt or to serve their people.
We demand reform.
We need long-term, affordable, and accessible concessionary financing that enables developing economies to invest in human capital, in industrialization, and climate adaptation.
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Somalia · Day 3Hassan Sheikh MohamudAccording to the United Nations, over 40% of the global population are vulnerable to the destructive effects of the climate change.
And governments in developing countries spend over 10% of their GDP to respond to this.
These painful fiscal trade-offs come at the expense of investment, in the education and health, which should never be the case.
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Nigeria · Day 3Kashim ShettimaWe inhabit the only planet known to sustain human life, and as long as that scientific fact holds, we cannot pretend that we are insulated from conflicts elsewhere, geography offers no exemption from the consequences of a fractured world.
Mr. President, we reject the false choice between development and climate action.
Developing countries must industrialize, eradicate poverty, and expand energy access through low carbon pathways supported by technology transfer, capacity building, and climate finance.
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Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Day 3Rob JettenThe need to accelerate and scale up our efforts is only too clear.
and that demands our common commitment.
The Netherlands wants to build practical partnerships with other countries, so we are once again making funding available for this purpose.
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Zimbabwe · Day 3Emmerson Dambudzo MnangagwaAs droughts, floods, and declining threaten water, food and energy security, developed countries are called upon to honour their climate finance commitments in line with common but differentiated responsibilities.
Mr. President, Zimbabwe welcomes the recommendations of the Secretary-General's Panel on the Critical Energy Transition Minerals and the country support mechanism.
Critical minerals must become a foundation for inclusive development with value addition and a beneficiation at source, along with development of regional value chains being highly prioritized.
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Liberia · Day 3Joseph Nyuma BoakaiLiberia contributes virtually nothing to global emission, yet our communities face coastal erosion, flooding, and disrupted agricultural cycles.
My country also harbors 42% of the remaining Upper Guinea rainforest, a vital global carbon sink that we maintain on behalf of all humanity.
Climate responsibility must be paired with climate justice.
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Gambia (Republic of The) · Day 3Mohammed JallowNational electricity access is at 90%, universal access targeted by the end of 2026.
We are expanding our solar energy in schools and health facilities, modernizing our electric network, and advancing a 150-megawatt solar park.
We have also adopted our first national disaster mitigation plan.
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Bangladesh · Day 3Tarique RahmanAlthough Bangladesh has contributed little to global carbon emissions, it is bearing the adverse consequences of climate change.
In these circumstances, Bangladesh has chosen the path of building resilience and developing the capacity to survive and adapt.
Therefore, Bangladesh expects stronger global cooperation at COP31 on climate justice, climate finance and adaptation support.
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South Africa · Day 3Ronald Ozzy Lamolaour prosperity, and our hard-won development gains.
In the last year, 2 million people in the Southern African Development Community suffered the combined and debilitating impact of floods, cyclones, wildfires, and disease outbreaks.
Our responses are severely constrained by a climate finance architecture stacked against developing nations.
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