「損失基金」運営方針を決定　日本は１５億円拠出表明―ＣＯＰ２８

　【ドバイ時事】アラブ首長国連邦（ＵＡＥ）のドバイで開催中の国連気候変動枠組み条約第２８回締約国会議（ＣＯＰ２８）は３０日の全体会合で、気候変動がもたらす「損失と被害」に関する支援基金の運営枠組みを採択した。日本は１０００万ドル（約１５億円）の拠出を表明した。議長国ＵＡＥは、１～２日に行う各国の首脳級会合でも、積極的な支援を呼び掛ける。（2023/12/01-07:53）

Japan pledged to contribute 10 million dollars to a "loss and damage" fund at the start of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP28, in Dubai on Thursday.
   State parties of the U.N. climate convention reached an agreement to operationalize the fund, designed to help developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.
   The agreement was struck on the first day of the COP28 conference that will run through Dec. 12, in a rare development led by the United Arab Emirates, the chair country. The UAE promised to commit 100 million dollars to the fund.
   Climate change is believed to be causing natural disasters such as extreme downpours and droughts frequently around the world, hitting developing countries with weak public finance and infrastructure particularly hard.
   The establishment of the fund was agreed on during last year's COP27, and operational details were to be discussed at COP28.