A week after U.S. President Obama announced his $3 billion commitment to the Green Climate Fund, major contributions have rushed in to a multilateral fund for climate change projects that has, until now, been more of an idea than a reality.
At Thursday’s pledging conference, 30 countries — including the United States — formally committed to provide $9.3 billion to GCF.
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Claire Luke
Claire is a journalist passionate about all things development, with a particular interest in labor, having worked previously for the Indonesia-based International Labor Organization. She has experience reporting in Cambodia, Nicaragua and Burma, and is happy to be immersed in the action of D.C. Claire is a master's candidate in development economics at the George Washington Elliott School of International Affairs and received her bachelor's degree in political philosophy from the College of the Holy Cross.
