If the cash were not forthcoming, the African Union (AU) might take a case to a court of arbitration and ask it to judge overall culpability for climate change.

• 如果他们不能尽快地得到现金，那么非洲联盟将有可能把此案上诉到联合国仲裁法庭，让法庭来判定环境变化的全部罪责。