Graphic news (s. climate, science, research, scientists. emission targets, floods, environment)
News

EU to ‘lead’ on climate finance but others must join: commissioner

By November 18, 2024No Comments1 min read

Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP – The EU’s climate commissioner on Monday said the bloc would take the lead in paying climate finance to poorer countries, but major wealthy polluters also had a responsibility to contribute.

“We will continue to lead, to do our fair share, and even more than our fair share, as we’ve always done,” Wopke Hoekstra told reporters at the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan.

ico-np/yad

© Agence France-Presse

Featured image credit: jcomp | Freepik

Tags:

Next Article

Recommended For You

Fire globe - abstract (s. climate, temperatures, forever chemicals, wildfires)
Bangladesh cyclone toll rises to 10, around 30,000 homes destroyedNews

Bangladesh cyclone toll rises to 10, around 30,000 homes destroyed

Dhaka, Bangladesh | AFP - The death toll from a cyclone that smashed into low-lying areas of Bangladesh has risen to at least 10 people,…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
Image: sharks swimming in ocean
We’ve measured the cost of unsustainable industrial fishing on coastal communities – and it’s vastNews

We’ve measured the cost of unsustainable industrial fishing on coastal communities – and it’s vast

By Miren Gutiérrez, The Conversation Shark finning – the practice of removing the fins from a captured shark and discarding the rest, often still alive, back…
SourceSourceJune 10, 2024 Full article
Satellite image: Massive iceberg A23a stalls near South Georgia Island
Image of the day: Massive iceberg A23a stalls near South Georgia IslandNews

Image of the day: Massive iceberg A23a stalls near South Georgia Island

This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image, acquired on 17 March 2025, captures the massive iceberg A23a as it runs aground approximately 70 km (43 miles) from South…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskMarch 18, 2025 Full article
Share