Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has defended the Government's climate change pledges at COP27
In his address to the climate summit in Egypt yesterday, the Taoiseach announced Ireland would donate €10m to the Global Shield initiative for 2023.
However, Head of Policy at Trócaire Siobhan Curran was quoted as saying that this €10 million comes from existing climate finance funding, and that loss and damage funding should be additional. He added:"There is new money. We have to deliver on the commitment we made last year which is up to €225 million a year for climate finance, and that's really important first of all that we help the developing world to switch to renewables, protect them from the climate change that is happening and also to provide for loss and damage.
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