Brutal heat scorched Spain this week, a blistering reminder of the climate change that is battering the world’s poorest countries and stretching their finances even as government debt climbs to new heights.

But at a once-a-decade UN development finance conference in Seville, two key ingredients were in less abundance: money and power...

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