Billionaire Soros: Finance Gap May 'Wreck' Climate Talks
The billionaire philanthropist
men's clothesSoros says the money needed to help poor countries
men clothestackle climate change should come from the
women clothing shoesInternational Monetary Fund, or IMF. He says rich
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women clothesheld with the IMF into developing
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The plan he outlined would more
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Soros was speaking in
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ed hardy shoesnations are meeting to draw up an international
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Finance lies at
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lost wax castingto "wreck" climate talks. David Waskow is from the
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ed hardyrich countries to help poor nations
ed hardyadapt to climate change are insufficient.
"What's on the table so far is
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Rich countries have proposed to pay
men clothesout $10 billion a year over three years to poor countries. The
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Waskow says the major challenges
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ed clothingclimate change, calls
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"Coping with these kind
women fashionof impacts if you're
drive beltdealing with significant affects on
fashion shoesyour agriculture or your water supplies, your infrastructure--and
clothes womensalso trying to develop new kinds
women fashion shoesof energy approaches, for example--that's going
womens designer shoesto take long term investment," he added.
Among a host of necessary
clothes mensadaptations, coastal protections need to be
women clothesbuilt, crops threatened
hair accessoryby drought need to be modified, health
men shoes fashioncare needs to be stepped up, and
women clothing shoesnew clean energy solutions need to put in place.
Waskow says if rich
ed hardy hoodycountries don't make a better financial
air max tnoffer, talks at Copenhagen may disintegrate. "Developing countries have said that
buzzerwithout real movement on those resources over the
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Soros says
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cheap handbagsinternational governments. But he says
Cheap jeansthere are challenges, including the difficulty in getting
Cheap nike shoesthe plan approved by the United States Congress.