World Conference On Climate Change
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World Conference On Climate Change
US supports $100bn fund to fight climate change
US supports $100bn fund to fight climate change.
Hillary Clinton revealed that the US will pay into a $100 billion annual fund to fight the impacts of climate change.
The US has moved to break the deadlock at the Copenhagen Climate Change summit by committing to a major investment in helping developing nations cope with the impact of global warming.
Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, said the nation would be prepared to pay into a fund which will be worth $100 billion (£62 billion) a year by 2020.
However, she warned that the funds would only be forthcoming if developing countries are prepared to sign up to a strong deal as the conference heads into its final day today (December 18th 2009).
“In the absence of an operational agreement that meets the requirement that I outlined there will not be the final commitment that I outlined – at least from the United States,” she said.
While the $100 billion fund is a step in the right direction for the talks, the chief negotiator of the G77 group of nations Lumumba Di-Aping last week demanded double that amount.
He said: “Why can’t you approve $200 billion to save the world?”
The COP15 talks on Climate Change being held in Copenhagen finish today and are expected to fall short of what is required to stop global temperature exceeding the 2 degrees that scientists have said is required although Hilary Clintons presence at the talks has added a good deal of momentum and brought several countries in.
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Should world leaders act on climate change?
“A group of 11 countries vulnerable to the adverse effects of global warming called on world leaders on Tuesday to reach a binding agreement at next month’s Copenhagen conference on the issue.”
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/83101
“At the Climate Vulnerable Forum in the Maldives, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bhutan, Ghana, Kenya, Kiribati, the Maldives, Nepal, Rwanda, Tanzania and Vietnam called on US President Barack Obama and leaders of emerging economies such as India and China to personally attend the talks in Copenhagen.”
Yes they should this matter not only effect couple of countries in the world .. it will effect every one so this has to be deal with and what ever the necessary steps has to be taken by the leaders now before it is too late
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