Sign-on letter calling for repayment of climate debt

Sign-on letter calling for repayment of climate debt: "SIGN-ON LETTER CALLING FOR REPAYMENT OF CLIMATE DEBT
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As the the climate negotiations intensify on the road to Copenhagen, a key issue that has occuppied much attention is the issue of mitigation and the burden-sharing between developed and developing countries.

In this regard, these past few months, issues have been raised about the Earth’s limited carbon budget and how there should be fair shares in the use of this environmental space for enabling sustainable development. Issues of historical responsibility, fair effort sharing and the repayment of a climate debt have been advanced by several developing countries, including the Heads of States of several Latin American Countries, Bolivia, Sri Lanka, China, Algeria and others. Indigenous peoples and civil society groups have also been highlighting this. Please see below this message quotes from the various governments and of social movements and civil society that are evidence of this.

These issues are key in ensuring that there is equity, justice and fairness in any climate deal.

Many members of civil society and social movements globally have already supported the call for the repayment of the climate debt and to advance these calls in the climate negotiations."