Nelson Mandela's widow calls for urgent climate action at UN

The Guardian UK ^ | September 24, 2014 12:55 EDT | Suzanne Goldenberg

[blueplum]

The widow of Nelson Mandela punctured the self-congratulatory mood of the UN summit on Tuesday, saying world leaders had failed to rise to the challenge of climate change.

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The Green Climate Fund was founded in 2010 to help poor countries cope with climate change. UN officials and developing country diplomats have said repeatedly it will not be possible to reach a climate deal in Paris, without a significant fund for those countries which did the least to cause climate change but will bear the brunt.

South Korea and Switzerland went on to pledge $100m each, Denmark pledged $70m, Norway pledged $33m and Mexico said it would give $10m.

But the total of $2.3bn pledged for the Green Climate Fund so far fell short of the $10bn to $15bn that UN officials and developing country said was needed to show rich countries were committed to acting on climate change.

[WayneS]

I know that.

But his second wife did not partake of such activities.

[Mastador1]

Yes, but burning tires hung around an opponent's neck causes pollution!

Well she didn't have a big fancy jet to pollute with so she did the best she could.

[C210N]

The UN is the center, ground zero if you will of CCCCCC.

[CCCCCC=Communist Catastrophic Caucasion-Caused Climate Change]

[Cowboy Bob]

Never said she did.

[WayneS]

Okay.