msmith198025
December 17th, 2009, 08:01 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091217/ap_on_sc/climate
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to put new life into flagging U.N. talks Thursday by announcing the U.S. would join others in raising $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poorer nations cope with global warming.
The $100 billion figure was the first number offered by Washington in discussions here over long-term climate aid, but it falls short of what some experts suggest will be needed. Yvo de Boer, U.N. climate chief, said talks would now focus on the "adequacy" of that target.
Wonder what our portion of that will be, and who we will borrow it from....
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to put new life into flagging U.N. talks Thursday by announcing the U.S. would join others in raising $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poorer nations cope with global warming.
The $100 billion figure was the first number offered by Washington in discussions here over long-term climate aid, but it falls short of what some experts suggest will be needed. Yvo de Boer, U.N. climate chief, said talks would now focus on the "adequacy" of that target.
Wonder what our portion of that will be, and who we will borrow it from....