COP22 will be about money

Today, Monday, the UN begins its annual climate summit COP22. Last year's summit in Paris was about reaching agreement on ambitions, and the goal this year is to be as concrete as possible and determine the necessary means.
Photo: Francois Mori/POLFOTO/AP/news
Photo: Francois Mori/POLFOTO/AP/news

The expression "show me the money" is best known from the 1996 Tom Cruise romantic comedy, "Jerry Maguire." But it's likely to be used frequently at this year's climate summit in Marrakech, Morocco, where COP22 starts today, Monday. Not because delegates are huge Tom Cruise fans, but because one of the defining themes for the conference will be the financing of climate measures in developing nations. This includes measures to reduce global CO2 emissions as well as the funding of adaptations to climate change, also for developing nations.

Already a subscriber?Log in here

Read the whole article

Get access for 14 days for free. No credit card is needed, and you will not be automatically signed up for a paid subscription after the free trial.

With your free trial you get:

  • Access all locked articles
  • Receive our daily newsletters
  • Access our app
!
!
Must contain at least 6 characters
!
Must contain at least 2 characters
!
Must contain at least 2 characters

Get full access for you and your coworkers

Start a free company trial today

Share article

Sign up for our newsletter

Stay ahead of development by receiving our newsletter on the latest sector knowledge.

!
Newsletter terms

Front page now

Further reading

Jobs

See all jobs