Ramaphosa urges climate aid in UK address

Britain's King Charles III welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to London on Tuesday in the first state visit of his reign.Ramaphosa, who arrived at the welcome ceremony with the Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Catherine, is in the UK for three days of high-level talks.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also attended the ceremony. The visit was organized before the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

During an address to United Kingdom's parliament, South African President urged rich nations to fund climate action in poorer countries. Cyril Ramaphosa, South African President said "This places a responsibility on the more industrialised nations of the world to contribute substantial resources to low and medium income countries to fund their climate actions.

"We are pleased that the final outcomes of COP-27 hold out the promise of concerted action to address climate change”. He stressed that this should not be seen as charity but as "compensation for the harm done and the harm yet to be done to people in developing economies" as a result of wealthy countries industrialisation.