John Kerry, the US special envoy on climate change, told a congressional hearing the government would not contribute to a fund to pay countries that have been damaged by climate-driven disasters.
abc.net.au/news/us-will-under-no-circumstances-pay-climate-reparations/102600700The United States will not pay reparations to developing countries hit by climate-fuelled disasters, John Kerry, the US special envoy on climate change says.
"No, under no circumstances," the former secretary of state said in response to a query from US Representative Brian Mast, the Republican chair of the subcommittee.
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