Friday, November 27, 2009

BBC News - UK and France propose climate fund for poor


Danish Prime Minister, Lars Loekke Rasmussen, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at Commonwealth summit in Trinidad
Mr Sarkozy is the first French leader to attend a Commonwealth summit

UK PM Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have proposed a multi-billion-dollar fund to help developing nations deal with climate change.

Mr Brown said the $10bn (£6bn) fund should also be used to help developing nations cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Both spoke at the Commonwealth summit in Trinidad, the last major world forum before the global summit on climate change in Copenhagen on 7 December.

Many Commonwealth members are island states threatened by rising sea levels.

Mr Sarkozy, with UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Danish Prime Minister Prime Lars Loekke Rasmussen, is there to give weight to any climate change statement.

The topic is the only issue on the Commonwealth summit's agenda for the first day.

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