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Revealed: US and UK fall billions short of ‘fair share’ of climate funding

By Damian Carrington

07 Nov 2022 · 4 min read

Editor's Note

In this Guardian exclusive report, we hear about how a number of nations a have fallen billions of dollars short of their “fair share” of climate funding for developing countries.

The US, UK, Canada and Australia have fallen billions of dollars short of their “fair share” of climate funding for developing countries, analysis shows.

The assessment, by Carbon Brief, compares the share of international climate finance provided by rich countries with their share of carbon emissions to date, a measure of their responsibility for the climate crisis.

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