Steve MacLellan

I thought countries would engage in meaningful conversations around
carbon markets (Article 6 is a key issue this topic) and finance for the
loss and damage due to the climate crisis being experienced
predominantly by climate vulnerable countries.

Instead, the
negotiations – at best – have been slow. Though Canada has been an
important champion on ensuring that human rights and Indigenous rights
stay in key parts of the text – especially with relation to carbon
markets – we’ve been complicit in shrugging off the responsibility of
developed countries for  the loss and damage that are being experienced
by countries vulnerable to climate impacts – whether those be from
increasingly severe droughts, floods, storms or rising sea levels which
threaten the very existence of these nations.