Scotland Must Financially Support Poorer Countries in the Fight Against Climate Change

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The Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition, alongside an Oxfam report, are calling for rich countries such as Scotland to increase their financial support for developing countries, to help them adapt to climate change and to compensate them for the loss and damage they’ve suffered.

The Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition, alongside an Oxfam report, are calling for rich countries such as Scotland to increase their financial support for developing countries, to help them adapt to climate change and to compensate them for the loss and damage they’ve suffered.

“The time is well and truly up for wealthy countries who think that it’s acceptable to respond to the global climate emergency by simply making vague vows to cut their own emissions while using creative accounting to dodge their responsibility to support the world’s poorest who did least to cause the climate crisis. ” – Jamie Livingstone, Board member of SCCS and Head of Oxfam Scotland.

Read Stop Climate Chaos Scotland’s ‘Financing Climate Justice’ report.

Read Oxfam’s ‘Climate Finance Shadow Report 2020’.