“We see so much damage in countries that are responsible for a small amount of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, and such a meager recovery of this damage,” she said in an interview with The Guardian.
Rehman stressed that countries near the equator cannot build climate resilient infrastructure on their own.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin called environmental security issues one of Russia's key priorities.
Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Vladimir Ilyichev noted that unilateral sanctions threaten to solve the climate problem, setting it back years.