UN accuses EU of backsliding on climate change funding

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Critics claim EU leaders have performed U-turn on Bali agreement by forcing developing nations to provide details on climate change plans

EU countries must stick to existing promises to fund climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts in developing countries or risk derailing any potential international deal in Copenhagen later this...

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