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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Mid-income developing countries ‘risk losing out on climate funds’

person looks at flames and smoke
Fire rips through a forest in northern Morocco, one of many countries experiencing climate breakdown. Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images

Middle-income developing countries hit by devastating climate disaster risk missing out on rescue funds, the head of one of the world’s development banks has warned.

Hyginus Leon, the president of the Caribbean Development Bank, told the Guardian that some developing countries with per capita incomes that would disqualify them for some forms of overseas aid could be made ineligible for climate funds.

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