2010/09/03

(BN) UN’s Chief Climate Negotiator Cites Consensus on Assistance Fund

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UN's Chief Climate Negotiator Cites Consensus on Assistance Fund
2010-09-03 12:42:37.215 GMT


By Ewa Krukowska
Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Delegates at a two-day climate
meeting in Geneva are nearing a consensus on the need to
establish a fund to channel new money to poorer countries,
creating a new oversight body and engaging the private sector,
UN Chief Negotiator Christiana Figueres said today.

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