Interview availability notice: Will poor nations get the climate cash they need from COP17?

WHAT: Following negotiations on the Green Climate Fund yesterday, Ilana Solomon, ActionAid’s Climate Finance Expert, will be a panelist on the CAN International Press Conference and available for interviews on:

• What has happened so far and what needs to happen with the Green Climate Fund.
• ActionAid’s concerns about the US role in climate cash.
• What rich countries need to do to raise the $100 billion a year promise.

WHEN: 1 December, 12:30 (Press Conference) 13:00 (Interviews) 

WHERE: Kosi Palm (ICC MR 21 ABCG), CAN International Press Conference, NGO Press Conference Room, UNFCCC

WHY: As the financial crisis deepens, ActionAid explains how governments can afford to tackle climate change and why it’s cheaper to do so now, than pay for the fall out.  New and innovative sources of finance like a transaction tax on banks or a tax on planes or shipping can be used to ensure the Green Climate Fund does not remain an empty vault. 

FOR INTERVIEWS AND MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

(In Durban) Natalie Curtis +44 (0)7931787025 or Natalie.Curtis@actionaid.org or Ssanyu Kalibbala +27 (0)788648506 or Ssanyu.kalibbala@actionaid.org