India: ‘Economic crisis no excuse for reducing climate change funds.’
By | Published: February 28, 2009
Indo-Asian News Service: India Friday stressed that the global economic crisis should not become a cause for developed countries to cut down spending on projects to counter climate change. "The economic slowdown should not be an excuse to reduce, but to re-double efforts on funding for climate change," prime minister’s envoy on climate change Shyam Saran told reporters here at an interaction. The "rhetoric" of the developed world that funding would be raised is yet to be translated into action, he …
India: ‘Economic crisis no excuse for reducing climate change funds.’
Indo-Asian News Service: India Friday stressed that the global economic crisis should not become a cause for developed countries to cut down spending on projects to counter climate change. "The economic slowdown should not be an excuse to reduce, but to re-double efforts on funding for climate change," prime minister’s envoy on climate change Shyam Saran told reporters here at an interaction. The "rhetoric" of the developed world that funding would be raised is yet to be translated into action, he …
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