In the OECD and the EMEs the climate is generally not as hot as in LDCs and so it is not set to deteriorate as much. Further, their economies are not as exposed to changes in climate because they are less dependent upon rain-fed agriculture. While they therefore have less need for adaptation, both the OECD and the EMEs urgently need to curb their emissions. Hence for them mitigation, rather than adaptation, should be the priority. However, within the terms of this dispute the overwhelming interest of LDCs is in getting both the OECD and the EMEs to do as much mitigation as possible, rather than to extract as much money as possible.