Developing countries want climate reparations. Here's what it could cost
At global climate negotiations, developing countries say they're being devastated by a problem they didn't cause. So they're looking for compensation for the losses and damage from climate change.
For small islands in the Pacific, a powerful cyclone can be devastating. In 2020, Cyclone Harold hit the island nation of Vanuatu, destroying schools and fields of crops. In one province, 90% of the population lost their homes.
The $600 million in damage represents more than 60% of the country's gross domestic product.
"This is huge sums of our national wealth that is being erased by climate extremes," says Christopher Bartlett, who works on climate diplomacy for Vanuatu.
Vanuatu is part of a coalition of low-income countries . Developing countries have produced very little of the pollution driving climate change. Wealthier nations such as the United States have been the biggest
