European Parliament votes on the Global Climate Change Alliance

Climate change hits poor countries the hardest and makes the millennium development goals even tougher to achieve. The EP plenary votes on a DEVE proposal to set up a ‘global climate change alliance’ with a €50m+ budget (coupled with expected revenues from auctioning through the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme) that will help combat deforestation, prepare for natural disasters and mainstream climate issues in development policy today in Strasbourg (23 October).

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