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Michael Copley

Climate funding is in short supply. So some want to rework the financial system

A woman breastfeeds her child at a camp for displaced people in Somalia, where climate change is fueling severe drought. (Jerome Delay/AP)

Money is one of the biggest obstacles to dealing with climate change — especially in poor countries hit hardest by disasters.

Not enough is being spent to cut the pollution that's heating the planet or on things that could help people adapt to a hotter world, like flood defenses and infrastructure that's built for more extreme weather. As a result, developing countries, which bear little responsibility for fueling climate change, are at risk of suffering crippling losses and damages as temperatures rise.

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