MANILA, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- By 2020, the amount of funding to support the fight against climate change will double to $6 billion, the president of the Asian Development Bank said.
World leaders gathering in New York this weekend are expected to announce commitments to more than a dozen sustainable development goals. With China, a world emissions leader, planning to lead the announcements, ADB President Takehiko Nakao said the growing Asian economies have a major role to play in the fight against climate change.