Current:Home > MyWho pays for climate change? -MarketLink
Who pays for climate change?
View
Date:2025-04-15 05:39:21
A coalition of wealthier countries have promised that they'll provide $100 billion each year to help developing countries tackle climate change. So far, most haven't delivered on their promises, and it's a huge point of contention in the talks in Glasgow right now.
Today on the show, NPR climate correspondent Lauren Sommer reports on how it looks when one country does get help, and how much more is needed for climate equity.
Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.
This episode was produced by Brit Hanson, edited by Sara Sarasohn and fact-checked by Margaret Cirino.
veryGood! (3)
Related
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- On Facebook, some pro-Palestinian groups have become a hotbed of antisemitism, study says
- When South Africa’s election results are expected and why the president will be chosen later
- Major leaguers praise inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics into major league records
- US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
- What to know as Conservatives and Labour vie for votes 1 week into Britain’s election campaign
- Building explosion kills bank employee and injures 7 others in Youngstown, Ohio
- McDonald's spinoff CosMc's launches app with rewards club, mobile ordering as locations expand
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- McDonald's spinoff CosMc's launches app with rewards club, mobile ordering as locations expand
Ranking
- Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
- Wildfire threatens structures, prompts evacuations in small Arizona community of Kearny
- Military jet goes down near Albuquerque airport; pilot hospitalized
- Statistics from Negro Leagues officially integrated into MLB record books
- The Super Bowl could end in a 'three
- West Virginia’s first ombudsman for state’s heavily burdened foster care system resigns
- California advances measures targeting AI discrimination and deepfakes
- There aren't enough mental health counselors to respond to 911 calls. One county sheriff has a virtual solution.
Recommendation
Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
New Orleans mystery: Human skull padlocked to a dumbbell is pulled out of water by a fisherman
Passenger accused of running naked through Virgin Australia airliner mid-flight, knocking down crew member
Suspect indicted in Alabama killings of 3 family members, friend
Behind on your annual reading goal? Books under 200 pages to read before 2024 ends
Iga Swiatek saves a match point and comes back to beat Naomi Osaka at the French Open
SEC moving toward adopting injury reports for football games. Coaches weigh in on change
3 shot to death in South Dakota town; former mayor, ex-law enforcement officer charged