Poor Nations Need Financing to Cut Carbon Emissions, China Says

Developing nations that have been submitting plans to the United Nations to reduce emissions for two years have been unable to implement them because wealthier countries haven’t provided finance, according to Gambia and China.

Rich countries must present concrete finance pledges, according to Pa Ousman Jarju, Gambia’s envoy to a UN climate conference that began March 10 in Bonn. Zou Ji, from China’s National Center for Climate Change Strategy, told delegates that poorer countries including China need support to show that low-carbon lifestyles are feasible.