Feds Pledge $450 Million Towards UN Climate Change Fund

Feds Pledge $450 Million Towards UN Climate Change Fund
Then Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault attends a news conference in Ottawa, April 17, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The federal government is committing $450 million towards the United Nations’ (UN) Green Climate Fund (GCF), which Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault’s department says is intended to help developing countries establish their own “clean energy transitions and climate-resilient sustainable development.”

Mr. Guilbeault’s department says the funding will go toward the “second replenishment” of the GCF, which the Environment Department calls the “world’s largest dedicated climate change fund.”