‘Deeply insulting’: Climate-vulnerable states walk out of Cop29 negotiations

Climate-vulnerable nations reject ‘deeply insulting’ draft and walk out of COP negotiationsAP

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00:00We're here as a group of AOCs and LDC.

00:04We've just walked out.

00:05We came here to this COP for a fair deal.

00:08We feel that we haven't been heard and there's a deal to be made.

00:12And we have not been consulted.

00:14That's why we're here.

00:14But we are here to negotiate.

00:18But we've walked out because at the moment we don't feel that we are being heard.

00:22We are the countries that are probably the most affected by climate change.

00:27You know, our countries have not contributed a lot.

00:30But we are affected.

00:31That's why we're here to negotiate on behalf of our countries.

00:34We've made our needs and wants known.

00:38It's they're being ignored.

00:40And that's why we've walked out.

00:41But the problem is that this has been released very late.

00:44It was released yesterday.

00:46The timing is very short.

00:49So we have some countries which are the most,

00:53the least, with the least capacity, not feeling satisfied.

00:58We need them to be able to move and deliberate.

01:02But I will encourage them not to step up.

01:05So what happened today is that the moral compass of the world,

01:09the most vulnerable countries on our planet,

01:12have walked out of the negotiations

01:15after the developed world failed to honor the promise

01:18they've made to provide climate finance.

01:21The rich world are refusing to honor their obligations

01:24and they're effectively working to ensure

01:27they can shift the burden to the developing countries.

01:30We also still believe very strongly that it's better to walk away

01:35from a deal that is so bad, that it is so unacceptable.

01:40We cannot say it any more strongly than some of the parties here

01:43have already said.

01:45It is more than a joke.

01:46It is deeply insulting.

01:47It is unacceptable.

01:49And we'd rather fight for another year than accept a really bad.