Trees smolder after a forest fire in Santa Tecla, Corrientes province, Argentina on Feb 20, 2022. Fires continue to ravage the Corrientes province that has burnt over half-a-million hectares. (RODRIGO ABD / AP)
SHARM EL-SHEIKH — Pakistan, Ghana and Bangladesh will be among the first recipients of funding from a G7 'Global Shield' initiative to provide funding to countries suffering climate disasters, the program announced on Monday at the COP27 summit in Egypt.
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The Global Shield, coordinated by G7 president Germany, aims to provide rapid access for climate-vulnerable countries to insurance and disaster protection funding after floods or drought. It is being developed in collaboration with the 'V20' group of 58 climate vulnerable economies.
Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Ghana, Pakistan, the Philippines and Senegal become the initial recipients of Global Shield packages
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A statement issued by Germany on Monday listed Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Ghana, Pakistan, the Philippines and Senegal as some of the initial recipients of Global Shield packages.
Those packages would be developed in the coming months, Germany said.