Kerry: US to Double Climate Grants to Poor Countries

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged passage of an ambitious agreement at the COP21 climate conference in Paris, announcing Wednesday the United States planned to double the money it would provide in climate adaptation grants to developing countries. Kerry said the U.S. would make available more than $800 million in grants by 2020 -- part of an existing promise by wealthy countries to jointly provide $100 billion a year by 2020 in climate finance. "We will not leave the most...

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