"Marape will take part in the annual UN climate summit, which officially beings in Belem, Brazil on 10 November, due to encouraging signs emerging from developed nations on climate finance. I did not attend Cop29 because these meetings were often long on talk and short on action, Marape said. This year, we are attending because we are beginning to see encouraging signs that developed nations are ready to deliver on climate finance and solutions."
"On Thursday, the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, opened the gathering with harsh words for world powers who he said remain captive to the fossil fuel interests, rather than protecting the public interest. Allowing global warming to exceed the key benchmark of 1.5 degrees Celsius, laid out in the Paris agreement, would represent a moral failure and deadly negligence, Guterres said, warning that even a temporary overshoot will have dramatic consequences every fraction of a degree higher means more hunger, displacement and loss."
Papua New Guinea's prime minister, James Marape, criticised COP summits as often long on talk and short on action but will attend COP30 in Belem, Brazil after withdrawing last year. Marape returned because developed nations are beginning to show signs of delivering climate finance and solutions. Papua New Guinea positions itself as both a victim of climate change and a provider of solutions, and seeks to ensure landowners benefit from conservation efforts. The UN secretary-general warned that world powers remain captive to fossil fuel interests and that exceeding 1.5°C would cause more hunger, displacement and loss. The country hosts the world's third-largest rainforest.
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