The Scotsman

£3.6m fund to tackle climate change

- By RUSSELL JACKSON paris.gourtsoyan­nis@scotsman.com

Developing countries will receive a share of more than £3.6 million of funding to help tackle the impact of climate change, climate change secretary Roseanna Cunningham has confirmed.

Ms Cunningham announced the investment as she joined politician­s and activists from around the world at the 23rd annual UN Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention – the annual gathering to discuss tackling climate change and delivering on the terms of the Paris Agreement. Ms Cunningham said: “We have made tackling climate change one of our top priorities domestical­ly, and now we’re committing over £3.6m internatio­nally to further support developing nations.” 0 The funding was announced by Roseanna Cunningham

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