African Union to call for $67bn a year in climate funding

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Draft proposal reveals African leaders will join with China and India in calling on industrialised nations to deliver more ambitious emission targets

African leaders gathering in Libya this week are to discuss plans to establish a common negotiating position ahead of the UN's Copenhagen climate change talks, which would see them call on industrialised...

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