They argued that preparing for climate change and reducing emigration should go hand in hand. At the moment, only 34 percent of climate finance is used to help developing nations adapt to climate change. This is “profoundly illegal,” according to Oxfam International Climate Policy lead Nafkote Dabi.

He stated, “Rather than supporting countries facing worsening famines, cyclones, and flooding, rich countries are crippling their capacity to deal with the coming shock and increasing their poverty.”