{"id":282722,"date":"2023-10-10T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282722"},"modified":"2023-10-10T16:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:35:04","slug":"washington-post-rich-countries-lied-about-paying-climate-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282722","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post: Rich Countries Lied About Paying Climate Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Promises from some of the world\u2019s biggest economies haven\u2019t been panning out.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WaPo is outraged Congress has not allowed President Biden to fully honor his pledge of providing billions of dollars of climate aid to foreigners \u2013 but it can all be set right at COP28!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rich countries promised poor nations billions for climate change. They aren\u2019t paying.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years of failed promises of help from rich countries could undermine success at the upcoming global climate talks, COP28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Timothy Puko<\/a>
October 9, 2023 at 6:30 a.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Promises from some of the world\u2019s biggest economies, including the United States and China, haven\u2019t been panning out. Many are years behind schedule or still years away from sending money, delayed by political fights,bureaucratic snags and debates over new rules to expedite aid from development banks and private donors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s available is far less than what\u2019s needed,\u201d Naseem said in statement. \u201cWe are not able to keep up with addressing impacts, disaster after disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finding ways to raise more money, especially from the private sector, is a top priority for leaders of COP28, said the summit\u2019s chief executive Adnan Amin. But unfulfilled funding promises from the past are a big complication \u2014 among several \u2014 for negotiators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States has provided only $2 billion of the $3 billion<\/a> it promised for the Green Climate Fund nine years ago. Congress has approved only$1 billion<\/a> of the $11.4 billion President Biden<\/a> had personally pledged <\/a>to developing countries. While the United States and other rich countries vowed to provide $100 billion per year in aid from both public and private sources by 2020, the shortfall now stands at as much as $17 billion a year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2023\/10\/09\/rich-nations-pledged-poor-ones-billions-climate-damages-they-arent-paying\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Somehow I suspect there are going to be a lot of disappointed beggars at this year\u2019s COP28 climate conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correction (EW): First paragraph \u2013 NOT allowed\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Promises from some of the world\u2019s biggest economies haven\u2019t been panning out. From Watts Up With That? WaPo is outraged Congress has not allowed President Biden to fully honor his pledge of providing billions of dollars of climate aid to foreigners \u2013 but it can all be set right at COP28! 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