COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago has said this year’s conference must put “people at the centre” of climate action. But a network of fragile states says more than one billion of the world’s most at-risk people are still being left out of the conversation.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Improved and Equitable Access to Climate Finance Network said that countries affected by conflict and fragility are being “locked out” of funding to adapt to climate impacts.
The Network – which is made up of 10 countries affected by fragile governance and conflict, including Burundi, Mauritania, Somalia and Papua New Guinea – is calling for climate funds and COP30 to do more to address “this urgent blind spot at the heart of climate finance.”
More than one billion people live in countries affected by conflict, violence and fragile governance. Yet in 2022 these countries received just 10% of global climate finance, despite being some of the most vulnerable to climate impacts.
Fragile states at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30): We are being ‘locked out’ of climate finance
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