{"id":27907,"date":"2009-04-08T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:38:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:38:40","slug":"2907-poor-nations-call-for-climate-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/2907-poor-nations-call-for-climate-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor nations call for climate funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Originator\">\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n \n  Normal\n  0\n  \n  \n  false\n  false\n  false\n  \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n  \n  MicrosoftInternetExplorer4\n \n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>\n\n\n<style>\nst1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n @font-face\n\t{\n\tpanose-1:2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{\"\\@\u65b0\u7d30\u660e\u9ad4\";\n\tpanose-1:2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-\"Times New Roman\";}\na:link, span.MsoHyperlink\n\t{color:blue;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;\n\ttext-underline:single;}\na:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed\n\t{color:purple;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;\n\ttext-underline:single;}\n@page Section1\n\t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;}\ndiv.Section1\n\t{page:Section1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\"Times New Roman\";}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]-->             <\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>At a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Marrakech,  Morocco, eight years ago, rich countries promised the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) support for &ldquo;immediate and urgent&rdquo; actions on adaptation to climate change. The UNFCCC then created the LDC Fund with voluntary contributions from the rich countries and gave each LDC US$200,000 to carry out a National Adaptation Programme of Action to identify its most urgent adaptation needs. <\/p>\n<p>So far, 39 of the national reports have been completed. The cost of implementing the actions they identified would exceed US$1.6 billion. However, the LDC Fund has less than US$200 million and only a handful of the projects have been funded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The LDCs are demanding that the rich countries pledge up to US$2 billion over the next five years in order to fulfil the promise they made eight years ago,&rdquo; said Saleemul Huq, senior fellow in the Climate Change Group at the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development. &ldquo;The rich countries,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;can and must live up to their words and massively increase their funding to compensate the least developed countries.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><span>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abs-cbnnews.com\/world\/04\/07\/09\/poor-countries-demand-2b-climate-adaptation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 50 of the world&rsquo;s poorest countries have called on rich nations to meet a promise made in 2001 and pay US$2 billion to help them adapt to climate change, ABS-CBN News reported. 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