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Rich nations must pay for climate damage: NGOs

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AFP Paris
Last Updated : Nov 29 2019 | 5:25 PM IST

Climate negotiations opening next week in Madrid must prioritise funding for nations already dealing with the cost of drought, floods and superstorms made worse by rising temperatures, more than 150 environmental groups said Friday.

In an open letter to the president of the COP 25 talks, Chile's environment minister Carolina Schmidt, the organisations urged agreement on "the creation of a comprehensive financing facility, including debt relief, for developing countries experiencing such disasters."

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First Published: Nov 29 2019 | 5:25 PM IST

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