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4 Nov 2022

The world can do this by putting on the table the issue of loss and damage—the negotiations on the need to pay for damages that the countries of the South are experiencing because of climate change. [...] The issue of loss and damage is not new—the demand for this goes back to the time when the climate agreement was in the making in the 1990s. [...] It does say that the agreement will be guided by the principle of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in the light of different national circumstances, but by effectively removing the distinction between historical polluters and the rest of the world, it has made it difficult for the emerging world to establish the need for action and the requirement. [...] Dissect, dice and slice the data any which way and the conclusion will be the same—a few countries have appropriated the carbon budget and their accumulated emissions are the cause of the temperature increase, which is taking the world towards catastrophe. [...] Dissect, dice and slice the data any which way and the conclusion will be the same—few countries have appropriated the carbon budget and their accumulated emissions are the cause of the temperature increase, which is taking the world towards catastrophe.
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