Climate Changed
China Accuses Rich Nations of ‘Backsliding’ on Climate Pledges
- Developing nations push for clairity on $100 billion aid plan
- UN talks in Poland have stalled on fianance and emissions cuts
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China accused some of the richest nations in the world of “backsliding” on pledges to clean up pollution and provide $100 billion a year in climate-related aid by 2020.
The comments at a United Nations conference on global warming in Poland spearheaded a push by a group of the 49 Least Developed Countries for clarity on when those promises will be fulfilled. It indicated deepening tensions as the talks that are due to conclude in the industrial city of Katowice on Friday.