COP28: What is the loss and damage fund?

A new fund has been set up to help less economically developed countries mitigate the effects of climate change.

But there has been some debate about who should contribute most to this loss and damage fund.

Azeezat Olaoluwa looks at exactly what the fund is for, and why China and India, despite the amount of greenhouse gas they emit, think they shouldn’t have to pay as much as other economic powerhouses.

Edited by Kaine Pieri and Mark Sedgwick

Research by Soraya Ali

13 November 2023