Providing finance to help developing countries undertake climate action is both a moral
responsibility and a legal obligation for developed countries. This is rooted in the fact that
they are responsible for the majority of cumulative emissions since industrialization began
(Ritchie 2019) and generally have greater capacity to provide support. Under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), developed countries are
obligated to provide financial resources to meet some of the costs incurred by developing …