Japan: 15 billion
dollars in climate aid
Marianne
Bom - 16/12/2009 - Japan pledges a total of 15 billion US
dollars for climate aid for developing countries up to 2012,
Japan's delegation announced at the UN climate conference
late Wednesday. Of the 15 billion dollars, 11 billion dollars
will be public money, according to a press release from
the delegation.
The
Japanese pledge is more generous than EU’s promise
to fund 7.2 billion euro (9.39 billion dollars) for the
same purposes over the next three years.
The
Japanese funding is given on the condition that a successful
political accord is achieved at the climate conference in
Copenhagen.
“Upon
the establishment of a new framework, Japan will with this
assistance support a broad range of developing countries
which are taking measures of mitigation, as well as those
which are vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate
change,” the press release states.
Da UNFCCC
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