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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

Denmark offers ‘loss and damage’ funding to poorer countries for climate breakdown

Children float on an upturned satellite dish in floodwater in Pakistan.
Campaigners point to this year’s floods in Pakistan as an example of massive damage to vulnerable nations driven by climate breakdown. Photograph: Fida Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Youth groups in Africa are preparing to embark on a series of climate demonstrations on Friday to highlight the problem of “loss and damage” to poor countries blighted by climate breakdown, as only one rich country has so far stepped up with funding for the problem.

Actions will take place on Friday in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with more to follow in some other African nations over the weekend.

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