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UK facing calls at Commonwealth summit to pay billons for role in climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
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He added: “For island states – which make up nearly half of the membership of the Commonwealth – it’s a threat which is truly existential. If we cannot find ways to make our countries more resilient to these shocks, we will not survive.”

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 7 points 2 days ago

Britain has insisted it will not pay reparations and does not want to discuss it at the summit but it will be up to leaders of all of the member nations to decide what is on the agenda, according to the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Will be interesting to see if they can persuade Britain to do jackshit about anything.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

Asking the country that voted for Brexit to consider others is about as futile as it gets.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Just tell them we lost all the money.