Africa shared top billing with climate change at last year's Group of Eight summit, but the global financial crisis has since undermined developed nations' efforts to meet the financial commitments they made to the continent. Advocacy groups say... ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Fri, Jul 03 2009
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