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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Karen McVeigh

‘We have no time to lose’: Ban Ki-moon criticises climate finance delays

Ban Ki-moon at a forum on climate security last year in Madrid.
Ban Ki-moon at a forum on climate security last year in Madrid. Photograph: Mariscal/EPA

The former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has warned that the world’s largest fund to help developing nations weather the climate crisis remains an “empty shell”, despite decades of promises by rich nations.

“We need to see a massive acceleration in mobilising trillions of dollars needed to keep the world from climate collapse,” he said.

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