Are rich countries selling the developing world short on climate change?
by Karl Mathiesen from on (#WMNR)
Rich countries say they are on track to beating the $100 climate fund target, but poorer countries criticise the unfair burden of loans and a stark lack of money for adaptation
Poor countries at climate talks in Paris have railed against an attempt to water down assistance promised to help them overcome the climate crisis they did not cause.
Rich countries are committed to provide $100bn (66bn) to developing countries by 2020. More than any other, this figure will decide the fate of the talks billed to stop climate change.
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