By Tony Oposa Jr.
(The author is an environmental lawyer and a 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee. He serves as legal adviser and delegate of the Federated States of Micronesia to the Montreal Protocol and to the climate change negotiations.)
MANILA, Philippines--What shall we do with gold?
The highly vulnerable countries like the small-island states and the Philippines are now suffering irreversible damage and irreparable injury as a result of climate change.
The crumbs that the overconsuming countries (OCCs) are dangling before the highly vulnerable countries (HVCs) as possible adaptation funds are a form of legalized bribery to the leaders of these countries to silence them in international forums.
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