On 8th November 2022, the third day of the COP27 at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, the Prime Minister of island nation Antigua and Barbuda in the West Indies said that highly polluting emerging economies including China and India should pay into a climate compensation fund to aid nations in rebuilding after climatically induced calamities.
This was the first time that India and China
were lumped into the list of major emitters that the island nations believe should
be held accountable for the damage already being caused as a result of climate
change.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne, speaking on
behalf of the Association of Small Island States (AOSIS) negotiating bloc said,
"We all know that the People's Republic of China, India - they're major
polluters, and the polluter must pay. I don't think that there's any free pass
for any country and I don't say this with any acrimony."
Experts, however, point out that this is
misguided as India’s historical per capita emissions are very low.
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