South Africa lays out climate demands to rich polluters ahead of COP27

Developing nations expect rich countries to commit more funding to adapt to global warming and a financing mechanism to help them cope with natural disasters when they meet at the COP27 climate summit in November, South African Environment Minister Barbara Creecy said.

Creecy was one of the prominent African voices before the COP26 event in Glasgow last year. She’s demanded affluent nations that have emitted the bulk of the world’s climate-warming gases commit more assistance to those most affected by the impact of rising temperatures.

Wealthy countries need to honor their commitments to provide $100-billion annually to developing nations to help them cope with climate change and boost that amount in the future, Creecy, 64, said in an interview on Tuesday at Bloomberg’s office in Johannesburg. Compensation for floods, droughts and other disasters attributed to climate change must also be worked out, she said.

“This continent is one of the most adversely affected by