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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>At a UN climate change summit in 2009, developed nations committed to providing low-income governments with $100 billion a year by 2020 to help them mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Green Climate Fund was established as a means of distributing the funds, but its effectiveness has frequently been questioned over the years.<\/p>\n

The chief of the UN\u2019s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has questioned why the famine in Somalia has not been addressed, despite billions of dollars being donated to tackle the climate issue.<\/p>\n

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has asked for more openness in climate financing, as he said he had no idea what happened to the promised $100 billion a year to combat the effects of global warming in developing countries.<\/p>\n

According to him, Somalis are \u201cthe victims of our behavior, the victims of our habits \u2013 not of theirs.\u201d Griffiths claimed that when he asked governments about how climate financing was chosen and dispersed, he \u201cfailed\u201d to receive a response.<\/p>\n

Griffiths\u2019 critique of the murky financing mechanism adds to growing demands for more transparency and simpler access to the promised funds emanating from African nations and activists.<\/p>\n

Developed countries mobilized $83 billion in 2020, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which tracks donor contributions to climate financing. Just 8% of the funds were distributed to low-income nations between 2016 and 2020.<\/p>\n

The international NGO Oxfam reported last week that just a fifth of the money raised by affluent nations, somewhere between $21 billion and $24.5 billion, had reached less-developed countries. According to the nonprofit, loans account for more than 70% of climate financing.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Lee White, minister of the environment and climate change for Gabon, reportedly criticized the funding system, claiming there is no easy method to track how much money has been donated and where it has been spent, as donor countries self-report contributions.<\/p>\n

In early September, the UN warned that due to Somalia\u2019s ongoing drought and conflict flare-ups, famine may be declared in some areas of the East African nation before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

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