U.N. climate talks end with a deal to pay poor nations for damage

Top German officials said a U.S. proposal to allow major companies to buy carbon credits to fund clean energy projects in poorer countries could distract from efforts to actually cut emissions.

...“We have the fund, but we need money to make it worthwhile,” said Mohamed Adow, executive director of Power Shift Africa, a group that aims to mobilize climate action across the continent. “What we have is an empty bucket. Now we need to fill it so that support can flow to the most impacted people who are suffering right now at the hands of the climate crisis.”