International Financing of Responses to Climate Change

Jane A. Leggett | Congressional Research Service | 2010-11-23

This report examines international pressure being placed on the United States to contribute more money to international agreements designed to combat climate change. From the report's summary: "Many voices, domestically and internationally, call for the United States to increase its international financing of measures to address climate change. Financing would help low-income countries pay for the extra costs of development incurred to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and to adapt to climate variability and change. The United States and other industrialized countries committed to financial assistance in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, 1992) and the Copenhagen Accord (2009)."