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| The Climate Institute's Irwin Jackson - he says $200 million is "modest". |
Australia has announced
a $200 million contribution to the UN Green Climate Fund.
PM Tony Abbott, who is not at the Lima talks, has said: "I
think it's now fair and reasonable for the Government to make a modest, prudent
and proportionate commitment to this climate mitigation fund: I think that is
something that a sensible government does."
The decision to donate was reported in an ABC story headed: “Climate change: Julie Bishop announces Australia's $200 million contribution to UN Green Climate Fund”.
The ABC story reports the Climate Institute's Erwin Jackson as
saying the total amount was "modest" given it "falls short of
the $350 million per year.
Interestingly, the total amount will be given over four
years, meaning Australia will be contributing on $50 million a year.
Some observers are disappointed by the lowly amount
promised, but others are enthused as they see it as a significant change by a government
that up until now has been relentless in discrediting climate change science
and now sees this as an acknowledgement and a positive change.
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