China, Saudi Arabia should pay up to help the planet cope with climate change: Guilbeault [Video]

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday he wants China and Saudi Arabia to contribute money to international efforts to help poorer countries struggling with the worst effects of climate change.

Guilbeault will be heading to the annual United Nations climate summit, COP29, in Azerbaijan next week. There, countries are expected to negotiate a new international target to collect the trillions of dollars experts say are needed to mitigate the worst effects of a warming planet.

Guilbeault told CBC News setting a new target for the international climate finance fund will be one of his priorities when he arrives in Baku, along with pushing for the world’s second-largest economy to contribute to that fund.

“China will become, in fact, one of the biggest historic polluters in the coming years,” Guilbeault said.

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