Fill the Fund campaign global convener Harjeet Singh noted that only $822 million has been pledged to the UN loss and damage fund against hundreds of billions needed annually by 2030

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African Group of Negotiators chair Antwi-Boasiako Amoah demanded that a formal delivery pathway for tripling climate adaptation finance be added to the COP31 agenda

Secretary-General António Guterres advocated taxing windfall profits of fossil fuel companies to compensate developing countries experiencing catastrophic climate impacts

Alliance of Small Island States chair Ilana Seid stated that member nations will focus at COP31 on securing greater finance access and returning to the 1.5-degree warming target

Global nature conservation efforts face an estimated annual funding shortfall of $700 billion needed to restore degraded ecosystems and protect endangered species by 2030.

The UN-backed Cali Fund, established to share corporate profits from genetic material usage for conservation in developing countries, has raised only $10,000 toward its $1 billion annual goal since launching in early 2025.

During COP17, the European Union urged wealthy emerging economies, including Gulf states and China, to join the formal donor group providing global biodiversity financing to developing nations.

Delegates at COP17 announced over $1.8 billion in new nature funding commitments, including pledges from philanthropic groups such as Leonardo DiCaprio's Re:wild organization.

Nepal's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal stated that the G7 informally promised support at a meeting on September 23, 2026, and Britain also committed to assist.

In September 2026, the United States announced $31 million in new flood recovery support for Nepal, while the World Bank made available up to $170 million in emergency financing.

Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah argued at the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2026, that vulnerable nations should receive adequate grant-based support rather than being forced to take on additional debt to rebuild.

Nepal requested $20 million in aid from the United Nations Loss and Damage Fund, which represents the maximum allowed sum but only a fraction of the estimated $5 billion in damages from the August 2026 floods.

Nepal's government is seeking $20 million from the United Nations loss and damage fund, while the country's finance minister estimated that proper rebuilding will require $4 billion to $5 billion.

Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah is scheduled to travel to New York on September 22, 2026, to seek climate justice and international support at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly

Nepal's Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Environment submitted a joint request to the United Nations for $20 million in damages from the UN's Loss and Damage Fund

University of Amsterdam Professor Joyeeta Gupta stated that rich nations may resist paying climate compensation to avoid setting a precedent for future climate-related disasters in developing countries

The United Nations Loss and Damage Fund, established in 2022 under the Paris Agreement, faces a $2.8 billion funding gap as it prepares to approve its first climate recovery projects

Preliminary estimates from Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority place the country's property, housing, and infrastructure losses from the August 2026 floods at approximately $2.56 billion

Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel and Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal appealed to the international community to provide climate justice and financial compensation rather than viewing support as charity