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Rishi Sunak, then Chancellor, holds a Green Box at the Cop26 summit at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, November 3, 2021
THE Tories look set to drop a £11.6bn climate and nature pledge after a leaked memo described meeting the international funding commitment as a “huge challenge.”
PM Rishi Sunak was today urged not to drop the pledge to provide the money between April 2021 and March 2026 after the briefing note to ministers, obtained by the Guardian, said doing so would require backing for other aid projects to be slashed.
The financial pledge was made before the government cut its overseas aid spending target from 0.7 per cent to 0.5 per cent of national income.
Established as a landmark victory for the climate movement, the CCC promised to hold governments to account. Today, it is understating the danger of climate chaos and impeding the radical action needed, says IAN SINCLAIR
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
