SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate/energy

COP28 President says financing for climate transition must be made “available, accessible and affordable, especially for countries in Global South”

Brussels, 20/02/2024 (Agence Europe)

At an International Energy Agency (IEA) round table on the implementation of COP28 commitments (see EUROPE B13313A16) held in Paris on Tuesday 20 February, the President of the COP, Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, stressed the need to release the financing required to promote the energy transition and implement international commitments.

“The key enabler of positive change at the speed and scale required is quite simply financing (...) and we need finance at every level”, he said.

“The next...