EU proposes climate risk billions

Mr Barroso sees the proposal as "ambitious and fair" The European Commission says the EU should provide -15bn each year to help poor countries protect themselves against impacts of climate change . The UN estimates that poor nations will need about 0bn (£60bn) per year for climate adaptation, with much of that coming from levies on carbon trading. The commission hopes its proposal will stimulate negotiations leading up to December's UN summit in Copenhagen . We have reache

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