Vanuatu Won the Legal Argument. Now to Change Climate Finance
By Kanni Wignaraja, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
Munkhtuya Altangerel, Resident Representative, UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji
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