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Hollande says France to offer $1 billion to climate fund for poor

2014-09-23 08:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday announced that France will contribute $1 billion to a near-empty global fund to help poor countries adapt to the effects of climate change as he addressed the United Nation's summit on climate change. "France will contribute a billion dollars over the next few years," he said. The 750 million euro contribution will be distributed over four years - 2015 to 2018. Separately, South Korean President Park Geun-hye pledged to contribute up to $100...

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India to pitch for 'right to grow' for poor nations during UN Climate Summit

2014-09-23 08:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Times of India: As world leaders assembled in US to give a political push to their efforts to deal with climate change, India is all set to make its 'right to grow' points at the New York Climate Summit, which was kicked off by the UN secretary-general Ban-Ki-moon on Tuesday. The country's environment minister Prakash Javadekar is there to express India's view points which revolve around the premise that the poor countries need to develop at this stage to eradicate poverty and rich nations should take the responsibility...

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Green aid test for U.N. climate summit as poor seek $15 billion

2014-09-18 11:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A U.N. summit on climate change next week will test rich nations' willingness to fill a near-empty fund to help the poor, but pledges are likely to be far short of developing nations' hopes for $15 billion in 2014. Emerging nations say that cash for the Green Climate Fund (GCF), meant to help the poor with projects to curb rising greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to heatwaves, floods and rising seas, is vital to combat global warming. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wants more than 120 world...

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