Antigua and Barbuda seek funding for climate change adaptation

Observer: By 2014 Antigua & Barbuda could begin accepting up to US$10 million annually in funding to prepare for and adapt to climate change. Chief Environment Officer Dianne Black-Layne said the country is readying itself to receive the funds from the United Nations (UN) Green Climate Fund (CGF). "At the rate at which the (CGF) fund is going, which is at a good rate, it will start dispersing funds to projects by maybe next year," Black-Layne said. "We are looking at creating a national fund that...

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