A week ahead of the United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai, the Council of the European Union, on Thursday 23 November, approved the figures for the amounts to be mobilised by the EU in 2022 for international funding to combat climate change.
Last year, the EU made a substantial contribution of €28.5 billion from public sources – more than double that of 2013 – and mobilised a further €11.9 billion in private funding. These funds aim to...