EU pledges extra 4 billion euros in international climate finance
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The European Union on Wednesday pledged to increase financial support to help poorer countries fight climate change and adapt to its impacts, and called on the United States also to step up. "We will now propose an additional 4 billion euros for climate finance until 2027," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a policy speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.