$100M for poor nations fighting climate change: PM
Updated Sun. Oct. 19 2008 9:23 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Prime Minister Stephen Harper closed the Sommet de la Francophonie in Quebec City on Sunday by announcing $100 million in aid for developing countries to fight climate change.
Harper said his government has always been committed to finding a solution to global warming and understands that some poorer countries don’t have enough resources to do the same.
“That’s why I’m announcing that the government of Canada will add $100 million of aid to developing countries particularly vulnerable to climate change,” Harper said.
“This help will go to the countries that are least advanced and small insular states, especially in Africa, the Caribbean and the South Pacific.”
Harper also said he has been working with world leaders to “minimize the effects” of the global economic crisis.
“Now we have to start our follow-up work … concerning our commitments,” he said.
At a press conference afterwards, Quebec Premier Jean Charest said solutions to the financial crisis “must take into account the countries of the south.”
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon also said the summit was a key instrument in bringing up issues important to those nations.
Harper met privately Saturday with world leaders at the summit to discuss the financial crisis that has sent stock markets tumbling worldwide.
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