New Zealand would pay about $30 million a year for at least three years into a US$10 billion global fund for developing countries to adopt low carbon-emitting policies, Prime Minister John Key indicated in Trinidad last night.
Figures released by the UN Climate Change Secretariat in Oslo today showed only five countries did worse than New Zealand in the growth of emissions by industrialised nations between 1990 and 2006.
Environment ministers and officials from more than 30 countries held an informal meeting in the Polish capital this week to prepare for a major UN climate conference.
The United Nations will create a climate change centre to help Pacific island nations threatened by rising seas because of global warming, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.
Climate Watch