At the climate change summit in Egypt, Scotland's First Minister has urged world leaders to deliver on climate pledges made in COP26.
Sturgeon has also announced a £5m funding pot to tackle loss and damage caused by climate change in developing countries.
The economic support will come from the Scottish government’s climate justice fund, she said. It will be offered in the form of grants as opposed to loans, so as not to compound financial hardships already seen in the countries impacted by climate change.
“In virtually everything we do on loss and damage, Scotland is trying to ensure that we listen to international perspectives, especially the perspectives of the global south,” the First Minister said.
“The funding Scotland has announced today is a small sum in terms of the overall scale of the loss and damage that developing countries face, but I hope that it sends an important message.”
Sturgeon stressed that, over the last 30 years, climate change...