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Tony Abbott snubs Barack Obama’s climate fund demand (Australia)
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Daily Telegraph (AUS) ^ | 11/17/2014 | Simon Benson, Daniel Meers


TONY Abbott has foiled Barack Obama’s attempt to hijack the G20 with climate change, refusing to put a cent into the US President’s push for a $10 billion global green climate fund.

And as chair of the G20, he succeeded in ensuring global economic growth and job creation was at the top of the final declaration yesterday, delivering a blow to Mr Obama’s attempts to elevate climate change to a first order issue ....

... Mr Abbott refused to allow the final communiqué to include a binding requirement that all G20 nations commit to the Green Climate Fund announced by Mr Obama on Saturday at University of Queensland.

Several Australian officials said privately that it had been “discourteous” of the US President to grandstand on the issue as a guest in Australia ...

But The Daily Telegraph can reveal Mr Abbott told world leaders behind closed doors at the G20 summit yesterday that he would “stand up for coal” during a robust debate on climate change.

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And he refused to give Mr Obama a commitment to contribute funds to the “climate bank” which would assist poor nations combat climate change — a fund he once described as “socialism masquerading as environmentalism”.

According to sources close to the discussions, Mr Abbott was “frank” in arguing against Mr Obama in the meeting. Mr Abbott was supported by others in the room including Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Saudi leader Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz.

Despite claims that climate change would dominate the real discussions in the leaders’ meeting, the final communiqué reflected the original draft circulated by Australia in September, which had climate change listed as the 19th point in the document...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailytelegraph.com.au ...
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