The currently favored term for this concept is "loss and damage" payments, but some campaigners want to go further and frame the issue as "climate reparations," just as racial justice activists call for compensation for the descendants of enslaved people
A flood-affected man uses a makeshift raft to cross s stream of flood waters near his damaged house in Jaffarabad, Balochistan province on September 23, 2022. Image: Fida HUSSAIN / AFP