9 Nov 2022

Pacific Islands living with effects of climate talks compromises, says negotiator

From Midday Report, 12:15 pm on 9 November 2022

The Pacific Islands are crying out for meaningful action and lots of money at the climate change conference in Egypt.

Developing countries have finally managed to get "loss and damage" onto the agenda at the talks it's long been opposed by the few that got rich off fossil fuels.

But the real outcome will be agreement on a framework for developed countries to commit to trillions of dollars of climate funding and transparency to make sure those countries actually give as much as they promise.

Fiji special advisor on Climate Change and Loss and Damage Daniel Lund spoke to Jimmy Ellingham from the conference in Sharm-El-Sheikh in Egypt