As we feared - the EU finance ministers avoided making any kind of decision on climate funding after hundreds of us blockaded their meeting in Brussels yesterday. This pathetic outcome means it's now up to Heads of States and governments to step up and show us the money at the EU leaders meeting next week.
While the finance ministers recognised the need for rich countries to provide funding to developing nations - they did not propose any concrete public financial support for climate action and instead made an empty promise for private investments, which they can neither predict nor control.
To secure a global climate agreement at the upcoming UN climate negotiations in December, the EU and the rest of the wealthy countries must take responsibility and pay up. EU leaders must now do what their finance ministers failed to do and put enough money on the table to tackle the climate crisis.
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