COP30: What is at stake for people in fragile countries
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, world leaders are meeting to address the climate crisis, but people living in fragile countries are already facing its impacts.
In 2025, floods in the DRC killed at least 165 people, monsoon flooding in Pakistan affected 6.9 million, and Hurricane Melisa struck 1.5 million in Jamaica.
Elsewhere, consecutive cyclones hit Madagascar and Mozambique, Syria experienced its worst drought in more than 40 years, and over 1.3 million people were evacuated in the Philippines ahead of Super Typhoon Fung-Wong.
The OCHA-managed UN Global Emergency Fund (CERF) provided millions in anticipatory and emergency funding to help communities protect lives and assets, but climate finance is still not reaching people in crisis contexts at anywhere near the scale or speed required.
OCHA highlights the human impact of the climate crisis, and why there is an urgent need for climate finance support for the most vulnerable. https://unocha.exposure.co/cop30
Posted November 2025
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