Islands seek funds for climate damage at UN discussions

Developing countries are seeking financial assistance from richer countries to cope with climate change induced extreme weather events such as cyclones, heat waves, drought as well as sea level rise, which is threatening the existence of small island states, reports Bloomberg Businessweek.

“Richer countries can quickly adapt if hit by a climate change disaster. For us, it takes ages. It destroys.” said Fatou Gaye, Gambia’s environment minister and lead delegate for the group of least developed countries said at the UN conference on climate change at Doha.