Copenhagen, October 23 (BNA) Ahead of the COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow, young climate activists from poor regions of the world called on rich countries to take more decisive action against climate change.
Activists from Friday for Future from Kenya, Mexico and the Philippines told dpa that wealthy industrialized countries such as the United States, Britain and Germany should significantly reduce their emissions, but also provide more money so that poorer countries can deal with the consequences of climate change. .
“We expect the Global North to pay the damage it has done to the Global South,” said Adriana Calderon of Mexico.
Calderon, like other activists around the world, demonstrated with Greta Thunberg in Stockholm on Friday for more climate protection and will travel to COP26 in Glasgow.
Rich countries have promised to provide poor countries $100 billion each year for climate protection. However, that amount is not enough and is not being saved at the moment, complained Mitzi Junel Tan, who leads the fight for climate justice in the Philippines.
This is not solidarity support, she said, but a bill to be paid.
“The countries of the North of the world must pay this debt to humanity and the planet,” Tan stated.
She believes that countries like the Philippines do not have to take money out of their own pockets to fight the climate crisis.
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