20 Nov 2023

COP28: Debate over how to pay small islands for damage

From Morning Report, 8:45 am on 20 November 2023
COP28’s focus on health could be a welcome stimulus for increased investment.

COP28’s focus on health could be a welcome stimulus for increased investment. Photo: Matt Palmer/Unsplash

More than 100 countries will meet in Dubai at the beginning of next month to talk about climate action.

A big item on the to-do list is pinning down how wealthier countries, which have benefited from pumping out fossil fuels, will pay poorer countries to alleviate the damage they've caused.

Views differ on how it should work.

Climate change correspondent Eloise Gibson reports.