As COP27 begins in Egypt following historic floods in Pakistan and a summer of international droughts, will this finally be the year rich governments begin to take climate finance seriously?
Dr. Ahmed is a director of the Global Council for Science and the Environment, and a Professor at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He has previously had high level roles at NRDC, US Government departments, UN environmental bodies, and the World Bank.
Further reading:
- The Impact of Global Climate Change on Vulnerable Communities: Climate-Related Loss & Damage and Financial Reparations, a Policy White Paper (2022)
- Climate Justice, Humans Rights, and the Case for Reparations, Health and Human Rights Journal (2021)
- Why we need a Global Climate Reparations Fund, ELCI (2022)
- What is the financial cost of loss and damage from climate change?, ELCI (2022)