The Philippine foreign secretary’s comments come as the country’s lead climate negotiator, Naderev “Yeb” Saño, continues a hunger strike to demand action on climate change. Saño spoke out Tuesday at the U.N. climate change summit in Poland.

Naderev “Yeb” Saño: “That loss and damage mechanism being agreed to and having and containing all of its essentials in terms of managing risk, assessing loss and damage, being able to provide compensation for countries that suffer loss and damage due to climate change. We will also want to see clarity on and clear numbers on finance pledges and means of implementation.”

Democracy Now! will be on the ground in Warsaw, Poland, to cover this year’s U.N. climate summit next week.