RSSClinton: U.S. ready to join $100B climate aid fund
From: The Washington Times | December 17, 2009
COPENHAGEN (AP) -- The United States is prepared to join other rich countries in raising $100 billion in yearly climate financing for poor countries by 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Thursday at the Copenhagen talks. The U.S. declaration could give a boost to the deadlocked climate talks in the Danish capital, which have faltered over disputes between rich and developing countries on greenhouse gas emission cuts and aid to poor countries most affected by climate change. Clinton, however, said any U.S. funds were contingent on world leaders reaching a broader climate pact at the U.N. talks ...
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