‘We are losing years we do not hav • Table.Briefings

Achim Steiner, Head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP)

The head of the UN Development Programme Achim Steiner warns that the dramatic debt levels of poor countries threaten progress on climate protection. Without restructuring the financial system, he says, the Paris Agreement will remain out of reach.

Mr. Steiner, you pointed out a sensitive issue at COP27, but it was hardly debated: The enormous debt of many developing countries, which limits their responses to the climate crisis. How bad is the situation?

‘We are losing years we do not have’

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