Denmark paves the way for ‘loss and damage' climate aid
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- 19 Oct 2022
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It might just end up helping open a fresh flow of aid to the world’s most vulnerable countries.
Danish Development Cooperation Minister Flemming Moller told the UN General Assembly last month the money was for “climate adaptation and concrete activities to avert, minimise and address climate-induced loss and damage”.
It would mainly help island states and countries in the Sahel region of North Africa, he added.
Denmark’s gesture, however modest, represents an important contribution to the debate over the still-contentious notion of “loss and damages”.
“In some ways, Denmark is a pioneer,” said Lily Salloum Lindegaard, who specialises in the politics of climate change at the Danish Institute for International Studies.
Only Scotland and Belgium’s Walloon government have made such commitments previously, she added – and on a modest scale.
“But Denmark’s commitment provides further progress if we are to address the extensive losses and damages already experienced due to climate change,” Lindegaard told AFP.
“In comparison to the needs on the ground, the Danish commitment is quite small” given the scale of the problem. Read More...
