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"Today, floods and droughts are fueling instability, driving conflict and forcing people from their homes," he said. "And though climate chaos is everywhere, it doesn't affect everyone equally. The very people most at risk are those who did the least to cause the crisis: small island states, developing countries, the poor and the vulnerable. This is breathtaking injustice, and it is just the beginning." "Brothers and sisters,"he later added, "we cannot accept a future where the rich are protected in air-conditioned bubbles while the rest of humanity is lashed by lethal weather in unlivable lands." Read the complete article here Source: EarthBeat  A new report from Caritas Oceania, Caritas Australia and Jubilee Australia Research Centre, has revealed the total annual finance needs for Pacific nations facing climate mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage costs could conservatively sit at around USD$1.5bn. Meanwhile, estimates of climate financing delivered annually between 2015 and 2020 sit at $0.2-0.6bn, pointing to an annual financing gap in the region of $1bn. The estimates appear in Weathering the Storm which examines tensions between debt and climate challenges in the Pacific, coinciding with COP29 which is currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. Read the complete article here Source: CARITAS  |