US will not commit to climate change aid for poor nations at UN summit

From Aid | The Guardian Sat Sep 20 2014, 11:30:16

Rich countries pledged to find $100bn a year by 2020, but so far only Germany has made a significant contribution

Barack Obama will not be pledging any cash to a near-empty fund for poor countries at a United Nations summit on climate change next week, the UN special climate change envoy said on Friday.

The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has challenged the 125 world leaders attending the 23 September summit to make bold pledges to the fund, intended to help poor countries cope with climate change.

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