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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

Fair Cop27? Where did Peter Dutton’s figure of $2tn for climate damage fund come from?

Tuvalu
Tuvalu is one of the most vulnerable nations to the effects of global heating. The Cop27 agreement will establish a fund to help developing nations adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis. Photograph: Sean Gallagher/The Guardian

In the wake of the UN climate talks in Egypt, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, gave birth to a new factoid in a question to the prime minister this week.

The government, Dutton claimed, “has just signed up to funding a $2tn loss and damage climate fund” that would send money overseas.

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