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
Zambia · Day 5Mulambo Hamakuni HaimbeOur people continue to experience the devastating effects of droughts, floods, and changing weather patterns with significant impact on agriculture, food security, water availability, energy generation, and livelihoods.
The effects of activities transcend our borders, and yet our people and the coming generations may pay a heavy price.
Zambia recognizes that countries such as ours cannot finance the climate transition alone, nor should they.
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Djibouti · Day 5Abdoulkader Houssein OmarWe must therefore accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement and strengthen our adaptation and resilience efforts, including through resilient coastal infrastructure, better protection for marine and coastal ecosystems, early warning systems, and simplified, predictable, and equitable access to climate finance.
For Djibouti, climate action must not be separated from development.
On the contrary, it must help to transform our economies.
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Belize · Day 5John BriceñoNew stressors such as the unprecedented influx of sargassum along our coasts have already made responses.
Managing them requires innovation, capable institutions and strategies that are properly financed.
Yet even the best national effort will fail short without coordinated international cooperation.
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Micronesia (Federated States of) · Day 5Aren PalikMr. President and Excellencies, The challenges that impede our sustainable development are increasing.
We must respond by implementing science-based emission reductions, scale up national climate commitments, and accelerate transition to renewable energy.
We demand accessible and predictable adaptation grant financing to support investments in resilient infrastructure.
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Cabo Verde · Day 5Francisco Avelino Vieira de CarvalhoIt is also a question of justice, because those who have contributed the least to this crisis cannot continue to bear some of its most serious consequences.
Science has shown us the way forward.
we must translate this valuable knowledge into decisions and actions.
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Day 5Thongsavanh PhomvihaneMr. President, the gap between commitment and delivery on climate change equally tests the credibility of multilateralism.
Although the Lao PDR has contributed only a small share of global greenhouse gas emissions, our people are increasingly affected by floods, droughts, and extreme weather conditions.
The Lao PDR remains fully committed to the Paris Agreement and its nationally determined contributions.
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Philippines · Day 5Ma. Theresa LazaroWe call for the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement, the full operationalization of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, and strengthened implementation of the Sendai Framework.
Put a face to the pursuit of sustainable development With the 2030 agenda less than four years away, only 36% of accessible SDG targets are on track.
Achieving these goals requires renewed political will, stronger partnerships with the private sector, reform of the international financial architecture, and a United Nations development system responsive to the evolving needs and priorities of developing countries.
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Tunisia · Day 5Mohamed Ali NaftiTunisia once again firmly rejects becoming either a transit country or a destination for irregular migrants who are victims of human trafficking networks.
Believing that climate change is a major factor affecting development, security, and stability, Tunisia emphasizes that addressing this challenge requires a genuine climate justice particularly since developing countries bear severe consequences despite their limited historical responsibility for emissions.
Accordingly, countries with the greatest responsibility must fulfill their commitments regarding climate finance while maintaining a clear distinction between climate financing and development financing.
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Gabon · Day 5Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-DoumbenenyPresident Restoring trust also involves reforming the international financial architecture, making it more equitable, inclusive and better tailored to today's challenges.
Without this reform, it is becoming almost impossible to mobilize development funding, particularly green finance.
Gabon, a country with extensive forest cover and a low deforestation rate, as well as being a major carbon sink, therefore calls for greater recognition of its contribution to global climate regulation and the ecosystem services that it provides to humanity.
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Jamaica · Day 5Kamina Johnson SmithWe've also submitted our updated nationally determined contribution, completed our long-term strategy for a low-carbon, climate-resilient future, and advanced our national adaptation plan.
But national ambition must be matched by international action.
We must revive 1.5.
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Sao Tome and Principe · Day 5Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado VazSao Tome and Principe, therefore, reaffirms its commitments under the Paris Agreement, its nationally determined contribution, and its national adaptation plan, while stressing that their implementation requires adequate, predictable, and accessible resources.
We also maintain that the vulnerability of small island states should be assessed beyond per capita income, taking into account their specific characteristics and structural constraints.
In this context, we call for the multidimensional vulnerability index to be translated into concrete eligibility criteria for concessional financing.
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