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Join the Conversation: Climate crisis responsibilities and obligations of the developed world

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Vice President and CFO of the New Development Bank Leslie Maasdorp says the collective 100 billion dollar annual pledge made by the developed world to the developing world many years ago in Copenhagen to help fight climate change has not yet left the developed world. If not now, then when? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Nov 2022 4AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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