European Defense Spending Focus Hits African Climate Financing

South Africa’s cabinet will meet next week to formulate its stance for the COP international climate summit in Brazil in November, with the country’s environment minister expressing dismay over developed nations reneging on funding pledges.

“The finance issue obviously is a big one,” Dion George said at a meeting of the Presidential Climate Commission in Johannesburg on Friday. “Crucially, our message has to be do as you say. If the developed economy countries are going to have promised money that they would pay, they must do that.”