Germany will provide an additional nearly € 500 million for measures designed to help other countries fight climate change. This was stated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the Summit on ambitious targets in the field of climate change.
“All states must be able to finance the necessary investments in climate protection. Germany intends to allocate an additional almost € 500 million, “- quoted by TASS Merkel.
She also called for the launch of an international funding process for climate action.
The Chancellor stressed that Germany “will fulfill its promise to increase its budgetary funds to finance climate change measures by 2020 to € 4 billion per year.”
Earlier, Merkel, in a telephone conversation with Xi Jinping, discussed joint efforts to combat climate change.
