Skip to main content

Warsaw Climate Change Walkout

'Talk to someone who’s just lost their livelihood two times in the last five years, lost their cow for reasons related to climate change. There has to be a system in place to help that poor woman.'

Harjeet Singh, international coordinator
for the advocacy group ActionAid, at
ongoing United Nations climate talks
in Warsaw where developing nations
staging a symbolic walkout yesterday
protesting what they consider inadequate
financial support from wealthy countries

 

If you like this article, please sign up for Snapshot, Portside's daily summary.

(One summary e-mail a day, you can change anytime, and Portside is always free.)