(BBC News) Global north should pay for climate damage - activist
Richer countries should pay for the loss and damage suffered by those most affected by climate change, climate activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan says. Tan, who is the international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines, says the global north, multinational companies, and the fossil fuel industry have caused "destruction" in the lives of many across the world.
"The people in the global south, like the Philippines, are already suffering the most from the climate crisis and they need to pay for that," she tells BBC Radio 5 Live.
But she says it's difficult to decide how much money should be provided.
"In 2009, $100bn was promised and that's not even enough. But yet that hasn't even been reached," she says. "And what we're seeing now with climate finance is most of it is in the form of debt. What we need is grants and not loans."
Richer countries should pay for the loss and damage suffered by those most affected by climate change, climate activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan says. Tan, who is the international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines, says the global north, multinational companies, and the fossil fuel industry have caused "destruction" in the lives of many across the world.
"The people in the global south, like the Philippines, are already suffering the most from the climate crisis and they need to pay for that," she tells BBC Radio 5 Live.
But she says it's difficult to decide how much money should be provided.
"In 2009, $100bn was promised and that's not even enough. But yet that hasn't even been reached," she says. "And what we're seeing now with climate finance is most of it is in the form of debt. What we need is grants and not loans."
