Germany to double donation for UN climate change fund
30 November 2018 |
1:21 pm
The pledge comes ahead of a major UN climate conference. Donations to the UN Green Climate Fund are only a fraction of the $100 billion annual goal countries had pledged to reach by 2020.
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