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
Malawi · Day 6George Chapatula ChapondaWe call for the full and effective operationalization and capitalization of the loss and damage fund.
Major historical and current emitters must honor their climate finance commitments by providing accessible, predictable, grant-based and highly concessionable financing, rather than relying on debt-creating instruments that further burden vulnerable countries already struggling to cope with the consequences of a crisis they did little to cause.
Mr. President, Malawi therefore calls for enhanced, predictable and easily accessible climate finance with greater emphasis on adaptation and disaster risk reduction.
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Vanuatu · Day 6Odo TeviTherefore, when we speak about climate finance, development finance, disaster resilience, and sustainable development, we are not asking merely for charity.
That partnership must include predictable and accessible finance for adaptation and for addressing loss and damage.
They will trust it when climate finance reaches vulnerable communities.
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Mali · Day 6Abdoulaye DiopWe therefore call on member states to focus on adaptation, on access to climate finance, on indigenous technologies and solutions tailored to Sahelian realities.
We advocate stronger links between efforts to combat desertification, food security initiatives, water management, conflict prevention, and resilience building.
Mr. President, the world is experiencing extraordinary technological advances, including generative artificial intelligence.
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