Persian Gulf says climate finance is the responsibility of developed countries

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), made up of the main oil-rich economic powers in this area of the Middle East, recalled that their nations are “developing” and that financing against the climate crisis “is the responsibility of developed countries”.

“The GCC countries are developing countries, with their own environmental and climatic conditions (…) and these challenges require adaptation to them,” the economic body said in a statement issued on the sidelines of the Middle East and North Africa Climate Week, which opened today in Saudi Arabia.

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