"Nakate Calls for Debt Cancellation and Climate Finance at Paris Summit"

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate urged world leaders and finance officials at a two-day summit in Paris to put people first instead of profits, make polluters pay, cancel debt, and direct climate finance toward the most vulnerable countries that did not create the climate crisis. The summit aims to reform the global financial system and address the debt, climate change, and poverty crises. Developing nations point to an outdated system where the US, Europe, China, and other big economies that have caused most climate damage are leaving the poorest countries to deal with the consequences.