Developing countries need clarity on climate finance: UNEP chief

‘Need Time-Bound Change With Clear Milestones’

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Nagpur: “Developing countries need clarity from the developed world on when the promised climate finance will appear on the table. The promise was $100 billion per year but we are closer to about $83 million only,” said Inger Andersen, who is the undersecretary general of the United Nations as well as the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in an exclusive chat with TOI.

Highlighting that the amount is an “improvement, and slow progress”, Andersen called for a need to demonstrate solidarity on what has long been a sticky point – climate financing. “We have made progress but it is nowhere near enough,” she said.