Deep Rifts at UN Loss and Damage Talks Cast a Shadow on Upcoming Climate Conference

In a photo taken on May 4, 2023, residents cross a temporary bridge near hotels and houses that were damaged by flash floods on the banks of the Swat River in 2022 in Bahrain, a town in the Swat valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, which was lashed by unprecedented monsoon rains over the summer of 2022. The ensuing floods that put a third of the country underwater, damaged two million homes and killed more than 1,700 people. Credit: Aamir Qureshi / AFP via Getty Images

Climate negotiators from rich, industrialized nations and poor countries devastated by global warming are starting one last make-or-break meeting Friday to finalize plans for a new fund to help developing countries pay for climate-related losses and damages that they have done very little to cause. The stalemate thus far in the negotiations shows there is … Continue reading Deep Rifts at UN Loss and Damage Talks Cast a Shadow on Upcoming Climate Conference

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