Friends of the Earth International, the world’s largest grassroots environmental federation, hosts a small delegation of experts and activists at the 60th session of the Subsidiary Bodies pre-sessional meetings in Bonn, Germany.The group will highlight the urgent need to make progress on delivery by rich countries of new public climate finance for developing countries.
Lucia Ortiz, Friends of the Earth Brazil said:‘The disaster in Rio Grande do Sul heralds a devastating future for society, with entire cities lost and more than 230,000 climate refugees who will no longer be able to return to their homes. In Brazil we are witnessing the unity of popular urban and rural social movements paving the way for real solutions.