The Latest Breaking News from Developing Countries

Funding urgently needed to cope with climate disasters – and to prevent distrust crashing UN negotiations

Britain has reportedly ‘opened the door to paying climate change reparations’ to developing countries.

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - World leaders gathered Monday for climate talks in Egypt facing pressure to deepen cuts in emissions and financially back developing countries already devastated by the effects of rising temperatures.

Newsroom columnist Rod Oram reports from Egypt as the world gathers, again, to wrangle solutions to climate change

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - UN climate negotiations on Sunday offered a sliver of hope and "solidarity" for developing countries battered by increasingly costly impacts of global warming, in agreeing to discuss the thorny issue of money for "loss and damage".

Global efforts to limit climate change can't happen without more aid. Rich countries promised $100 billion to poorer ones to cope with global warming but seven years later, have yet to deliver.

Impacts from global warming hit the world's poorest countries hardest, although they're responsible for a relatively small share of climate emissions. They need more money to protect against risks.

You may be hearing the phrase “loss and damage” in the coming weeks as government leaders meet in Egypt for the 2022 U.N. Climate Change Conference.

Less than 1% of used clothing gets recycled into new garments, overwhelming countries like Ghana with discards.

Loss and damage — sometimes referred to as "climate reparations" — is aimed at helping the hardest-hit countries.

Artisanal and small-scale mining – a low-tech, indigenous mining subsector – is taking on increasing economic importance in many developing countries. Over 150 million people worldwide are estimated to derive their livelihoods from this activity indirectly. In Ghana, it supports millions and contributes up to 43% of the nation’s total…