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Climate Talks in Bangkok Hit Hurdle Over Financial Pledge
- Talk on $100 billion financing to continue in Katowice
- UN climate change head says limited progress made on framework
A protestor demonstrates in front of the United Nations building, in Bangkok on Sept. 8.
Photographer: Lilllian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images
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Climate negotiators in Bangkok made progress on several issues to set a framework for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris accord, but hit a stumbling block over details behind a plan for developed countries to spend $100 billion a year to finance projects in the developing world.
The extra round of negotiations in Bangkok from Sept. 4 to Sept. 9 was meant to deliver progress in preparation for a final round of talks in December in Katowice, Poland, said United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa in a briefing in Bangkok ahead of the meeting’s close.