Many of the world\'s poorest nations contribute the least to the fossil fuel emi

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Many of the world's poorest nations contribute the least to the fossil fuel emissions largely responsible for climate change, yet these places will bear most of the consequences due to their physical and societal vulnerabilities. Do nations whose emissions contribute the most to climate change have a moral responsibility to pay for the effects of those emissions? And if so, how would they pay, and who would determine the kinds of damages those nations should be responsible for?

Your answer should be In the form of an essay and give a lot of talking points and elaborate.

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Climate Change has been, unequivocally, established as a scientific fact and global community is concerned with the impending impacts of the average global temperature rise. This temperature rise has been driven by increased amount of greenhouse gases in atmosphere. During the international negotiations, when it comes to assessing the levels of GHG emissions (and thereby the responsibilities to pay for compensation for the pollutions), following approaches are considered-

These approaches are considered for giving effect to the compensations for climate change.

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