In calling for a massive overhaul of international development loans and a 10% tax on fossil fuel companies that made “$200 billion in profits in the last three months,” Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley said, “Our people on this Earth deserve better.’’
U.N. chief at COP27 tells climate summit: Cooperate or perish
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He and leaders such as Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley said it was time to make fossil fuel companies contribute to funds that would provide vulnerable countries with financial aid for the climate-related losses they are suffering.
COP27: Leaders push for climate action, fossil tax at U.N. talks
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