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How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell game – donors have counted fossil fuel projects, airports and even ice cream shops

  • Written by Shannon Gibson, Professor of Environmental Studies, Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell game – donors have counted fossil fuel projects, airports and even ice cream shopsClimate finance is meant to help low-income countries adapt to climate change and recover from disasters like Hurricane Melissa.Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

When Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean in October 2025, it left a trail of destruction. The Category 5 storm damaged buildings in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, snapped power lines and...

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