CHRISTIAN AID CALLS FOR URGENT CLIMATE FINANCE TO UNLOCK TALKS

As finance ministers from around the world arrive at the UN climate summit in Poland, Christian Aid has called on them to unlock the talks with firm commitments on climate finance.
Poland lays the red carpet to the dirty industry

Poland lays the red carpet to the dirty industry

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Mohamed Adow, Christian Aid's Senior Climate Change Adviser, said: 'Developed countries said this was to be the 'climate finance COP' but so far we've not seen a clear plan to get the level of finance we need.

'Ad hoc announcements by only a few countries, and not by many of the richest, is a betrayal of what they said they would do. 

'It is an embarrassment for those developed countries and brings into question whether they can be trusted at all.  If they won't honour their word on climate finance why should they be trusted on any other issue?

'Attempts to count private sector money, or money given to support offset markets, is not acceptable. It's a question of them living up to their promises and taking responsibility.  Rich countries have promised $100 billion for the Green Climate Fund to help poor countries adapt to climate change and develop sustainably, but that remains almost entirely empty.

'It's the first time in the history of the climate summit that a finance ministerial has taken place. It's time developed countries use it to deliver the cash and show that they are serious about tackling climate change.'

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Notes:
1. Christian Aid works in some of the world's poorest communities in around 50 countries at any one time. We act where there is great need, regardless of religion, helping people to live a full life, free from poverty. We provide urgent, practical and effective assistance in tackling theroot causes of poverty as well as its effects.
2. Christian Aid’s core belief is that the world can and must be changed so that poverty is ended:  this is what we stand for. Everything we do is about ending poverty and injustice: swiftly, effectively, sustainably. Our strategy document Partnership for Change (http://www.christianaid.org.uk/images/partnership-for-change-summary.pdf) explains how we set about this task.
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