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Gordon Brown has launched a new UN climate fundraising group, and says sceptics go ‘against the grain’ of science
Prime minister Gordon Brown today accused climate change sceptics of going “against the grain” of scientific evidence, as he launched a new group to raise billions of pounds for the fight against global warming.
Mr Brown will co-chair the United Nations High Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing with Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi.
The group aims to raise $30bn (£19bn) over the next three years – rising to $100bn annually by 2020 – to help poor countries limit their contribution to global warming and adapt to its effects.
Cash raised from state and private sources will fund measures to halt deforestation, encourage low-carbon development and adapt to rising sea levels, extreme weather events and higher temperatures.
Despite the failure to reach a legally-binding compact at the Copenhagen talks in December, Mr Brown today said that he believed sufficient offers were on the table to meet some of the conference’s key goals.
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Source: guardian.co.uk