There were a number of big ideas here we heard stuff about debt for nature, swaps. And then there was also a discussion of something that's been referred to as the Bridgtown Initiative. This is something that was actually floated around the time of Glasgow last year by Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Motley. But they require a commitment, and they require political will.
An issue ignored for three decades came to dominate the summit’s agenda: reparations to poor countries for climate-driven “loss and damage”. Alas, halting those coming losses did not feature much. Our correspondent speaks with a Ukrainian fighter pilot about defending the country’s airspace using mostly Soviet-era kit. And why some words sound the same across many languages.
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