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May 25, 2012
Sweden pledges billions in climate aid
Published: 10 Dec 09 07:52 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/23758/20091210/
Sweden has agreed to provide the EU with 8 billion kronor ($1.12 billion) to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change, the government announced on Wednesday.
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"This is part of the 'fast start financing' that the EU is preparing," spokeswoman Roberta Alenius told AFP.
Europe's leaders will on Thursday attempt to agree a €2 billion ($2.94 billion) annual endowment to the world's poorer countries in order to jolt the ongoing Copenhagen climate negotiations into a new gear.
Other than Sweden, so far only Britain has made public its contribution: an £800 million pot ($1.3 billion), which breaks up into around €300 million per year.
The EU has estimated that the world's developing countries need global financing of €5-7 billion per year for the next three years.
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Like this money wouldn't be better spent on education advancements for Sweden's children.
Cannot agree with you more. Money is always spend on retired politicians who are appointed to 'manage' but ended up spending the money on cars, homes, travels, parties, etc...
After more than 50 years of charities to Africa, things are worse in Africa today ... In fact over 80% of donations are spend on fat salaries and luxuries and corruptions and the rest go to the intended recipient.
I do my very tiny part by trying not to buy anything imported from Africa, especially food. The less we buy food stuff from Africa, the more there is for them to eat. Those food labelled as 'ethical' from Africa and other developing countries are never ethical ... because the ethical thing to do is to let the African eat them ... they need the food more than us here who are mostly overweight already.
Sweden can help the climate better by banning importation of food from Africa until the continent is free from hunger ... the amount of green house gas produced from burning of fuel to transport those food here is more than 2 billion.
What charity is it when we snatch and eat their food and let them starve, create more co2 in the process and pretend to be a do gooder ...
ha ha
Also one has to look at fruits imported here. A mango comes all the way from brazil(and it tastes no where near to what a good mango in india tastes like...the swedes are taken for a ride actually). granatapplen from India, bananas from god knows where. Each of these shouldn't be consumed to help reduce transportation carbon cost.
If Sweden doesnot import.... hahahahaha ...how can Sweden survive!!!
In Sweden,it is nt possible to survive without importing....hahahhahaa
furthermore,to say ur dumbwits..... is nt true....as it ws nice to hear people mocking poor nations...where the nation of sweden cannot produce its own food