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title: Rich countries must urgently help poor natioins hit by climate crisis
description: Twenty countries facing the worst impact of global heating set out proposals for loss and damage payments.
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# Rich countries must urgently help poor natioins hit by climate crisis
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Twenty countries facing the worst impact of global heating submitted proposals for loss and damage payments, reported The Guardian this morning. Loss and damage refer to the most disastrous impacts of climate breakdown, such as hurricanes or severe floods like those that recently hit Pakistan.
Up to half a million Australian drivers will take Toyota to court over allegations the company used a “diesel defeat device” to evade emission regulations. Now, unwitting drivers are chasing a share of a big payout.
A prolonged rain event across eastern Australia will likely cause flooding rain from central Queensland to Tasmania this week. This week's rainfall could break October records in parts of eastern Australia. For the Murray-Darling Basin, the forecast is dire following seven consecutive weeks of rain and already the worst flooding in decades travelling along several rivers.
[Rich countries must urgently help poor nations hit by climate crisis, says V20](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/17/rich-countries-must-urgently-help-poor-nations-hit-by-climate-crisis-says-v20)Rich countries must urgently develop a plan to assist countries suffering the ravages of extreme weather. Failure to take early action on the climate crisis has made developing nations increasingly vulnerable. The V20 – the 20 vulnerable countries facing the worst impacts of the climate crisis, and least able to cope with them – set out its proposals on Monday for how rich countries should pay for the “loss and damage” caused by the climate crisis.
[Thousands of Toyota drivers could receive settlements in emissions lawsuit](https://7news.com.au/travel/driving/thousands-of-toyota-drivers-could-receive-settlements-in-emissions-lawsuit-c-8576024)Up to half a million Australian drivers will take Toyota to court over allegations the company used a “diesel defeat device” to evade emission regulations. The class action lawsuit will be lodged in Victoria’s Supreme Court, in the latest in a series of court cases against car makers over hidden fuel emissions.
[Week-long drenching to worsen flood crisis across Australian eastern states](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-18/weather-week-long-drenching-to-worsen-flooding-eastern-states/101543228)
A prolonged rain event across eastern Australia will likely cause flooding rain from central Queensland to Tasmania this week.
[UN Countries Adopt ‘Aspirational’ Net-Zero Goal for Aviation](https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/10/un-countries-adopt-aspirational-net-zero-goal-for-aviation/)
Nearly 200 countries pledged to cut carbon emissions from commercial aviation on Friday, marking the global community’s most ambitious pledge to regulate international air travel’s contributions to climate change.
[Experts say 'crazy' policies will hobble role of gas in Australia's energy transition](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-18/gas-australia-crazy-policies-renewables/101543822)A few short months ago, Western Australia's Premier Mark McGowan delivered a stunning piece of news. The state government would close its two remaining coal-fired power stations by 2029 and plough billions of dollars into new renewable and storage capacity as the energy transition in the west hit top gear. But sitting behind the announcement, just out of eyeshot, was a telling footnote. WA's great leap towards a clean energy future would be underpinned by gas.
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