Concerns over climate finance for poorer nations as White House summit begins

As world leaders meet to discuss the climate crisis, campaigners say wealthier countries need to do moreDeveloping countries are increasingly concerned that their need for financial assistance to cope with the climate crisis will go unmet, as leaders of the world's biggest economies meet for a virtual White House summit on the climate.Joe Biden, the US president, is hosting more than 40 world leaders virtually over the next two days to discuss ways of fulfilling the 2015 Paris climate agreement, and to encourage leading economies to bring forward plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade. Continue reading...