Switzerland earned yesterday’s first place Fossil of the Day for being a big bully. Anyone who listens to civil society or climate scientists will know that we have to do much more if we want to keep temperature rise below the internationally agreed threshold of 2°C. Predictable public climate finance that helps developing countries to scale up their climate actions is essential to get the ambition wheel turning. Switzerland, in an intervention on Tuesday, not only opposed any legally binding quantified commitments on finance, but also threatened developing countries that any such demands would jeopardise the outcome here in Lima. … Continue reading Bully Boys from Switzerland Win Fossil Over Finance Threat