In response to the latest climate finance draft text at COP29, Oxfam International's Climate Justice Lead, Safa’ Al Jayoussi, said:
"This is a shameful failure of leadership. The COP29 Presidency’s top-down ‘take-it-or-leave-it’ approach has sidelined progressive voices. All while rich countries boycott climate justice by refusing to pay up and putting only false solutions on the table. No deal would be better than a bad deal, but let’s be clear — there is only one option for those grappling with the harshest impacts of climate collapse: trillions, not billions, in public and grants-based finance."
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Notes to editors
Rich countries continue to resist calls for climate reparations. Climate activists are demanding the Global North provide at least $5 trillion a year in public finance to the Global South.
Contact information
Karelia Pallan in Baku, Azerbaijan | karelia.pallan@oxfam.org | +1 202 329 8283
Julia Manresa in Brussels, Belgium | julia.manresa@oxfam.org | +32 473 87 44 26 and +32 479 56 18 12 (WhatsApp only)
Annie Thériault in Lima, Peru | annie.theriault@oxfam.org | +51 936 307 990
Jeshua Hope in Suva, Fiji | jhope@oxfampacific.org | +679 7500889
For updates, please follow @NewsFromOxfam
Rich countries continue to resist calls for climate reparations. Climate activists are demanding the Global North provide at least $5 trillion a year in public finance to the Global South.
Karelia Pallan in Baku, Azerbaijan | karelia.pallan@oxfam.org | +1 202 329 8283
Julia Manresa in Brussels, Belgium | julia.manresa@oxfam.org | +32 473 87 44 26 and +32 479 56 18 12 (WhatsApp only)
Annie Thériault in Lima, Peru | annie.theriault@oxfam.org | +51 936 307 990
Jeshua Hope in Suva, Fiji | jhope@oxfampacific.org | +679 7500889
For updates, please follow @NewsFromOxfam