Tag: climate aid

The Kyoto Protocol's Adaptation Fund could take on a wider role to manage money destined to help poor countries deal with the consequences of climate change. Farrukh Iqbal Khan, chair of the Adaptation Fund Board, spoke to EurActiv in an interview.

The EU has this year delivered €2.2 billion in climate finance to developing countries under obligations agreed last year at the Copenhagen climate conference, according to an EU report to be adopted by finance ministers today (17 November).

Almost 50 nations made progress on Friday (3 September) towards a 'Green Fund' to help poor countries fight global warming but hosts Mexico and Switzerland said a full UN climate treaty was out of reach for 2010.

As the latest round of talks draw to a close, outgoing UN climate chief Yvo de Boer warned of slow progress in the negotiations, leaving his successor with the daunting task of concluding a new global climate treaty in 2011. EurActiv reports from Bonn.

EU finance ministers yesterday (18 May) endorsed a report laying down Europe's priorities on climate aid for developing countries but left open details of how they will share the costs.

Representatives from the world's biggest polluters sought to make progress on short-term financing to help developing countries adapt to global warming at a meeting hosted by the United States, US President Barack Obama's top climate negotiator said.

European Union leaders meeting in Brussels today (24 March) are set to confirm their commitment to providing €2.4 billion in immediate support to help poor nations tackle global warming, but only if other industrialised nations also make similar contributions, according to draft summit conclusions obtained by EurActiv.