GENEVA, Dec 9 Wealthy countries must commit $100 billion on the adaptation of countries most prone to climate change, said on Monday UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
«Developed countries must meet their commitment to double adaptation funding and reach the $100 billion target urgently, without delay,» he said at the International Conference on Assistance to Pakistan in Geneva.
Guterres reiterated his call to reform the global financial architecture, in particular the multilateral development banks.
UN Secretary-General also calls for greater efforts to provide every person around the world with early warning systems for climate catastrophes within five years.
Pakistan and the UN are holding a major conference in Geneva on Monday to organize support for the country's recovery from devastating floods.
As a result of the monsoon rains and floods in Pakistan that began in June 2022, more than 1.6 thousand people were killed and more than 12 thousand were injured. In total, more than 33 million people were affected by the flood. The worst damage was caused by the floods in the provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh. At least 2 million houses were damaged and more than 1 million head of livestock were killed. The Pakistani authorities declared a state of emergency and called on other countries and international organizations to provide all possible assistance.