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The British governments aid spending is failing to recognise the scale and urgency of the climate change challenge facing the world, MPs warn.Climate change must be placed at the centre of aid strategy and funding, if it is to address the seriousness of threats facing developing countries, the committee said. It urged a minimum spend of 拢1.76bn annually and a halt to funding fossil fuel projects in de
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stanley thermos hey support transition to zero emissions by 2050.The report highlighted incoherent policy by, showing the government spent 拢4.8bn on support for fossil fuel projects in 2010-16 via UK Export Finance, almost matching the 拢4.9bn spent on its International Climate
vaso stanley Fund in a similar period, 2011-17. It has created a situation where the UK government is providing climate aid with one hand and exporting the UKs fossil fuel pollution with the other , the report found. Ban Ki-moon, the former UN secretary general, urged Britain to stop funding fossil fuels overseas earlier this year.Committee chair Stephen Twigg urged the UK to show leadership on the issue. We cannot simply reflect on what we do at home and think that will be enough. We must look at how we can provide the best support to those nations that will face the most serious consequences of climate change yet have done little to cause it, he said. The UK should be in the vanguard of efforts to help prepare the worlds poorest for the extreme consequences of climate change, an Djlh Surge in EU citizens unfairly refused access to universal credit
The United States yesterday filed two complaints with the World Trade Organisation against China over copyright policy and restrictions on the sale of American films, music and books. The move, which drew an angry response from Beijing, represents an escalation in the dispute over the huge trade imbalances between the two economies.US trade representative Susan Schwab said American companies were losing billions of dollars annually from piracy levels in China that remain unacceptably high . Washington accused China of breaking its 2001 WTO entry agreement and sought consultations with Beijing over the twin complaints, which could lead to a formal case being brought if no deal can be struck within 60 days. However, retaliatory sanctions are unlikely for years if at all.The Chinese commerce ministry expressed strong dissatisfaction at the US action. The Chinese government has always been firm in protecting intellectual property rights and attained significant achieve
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