YLE: Finland pledges climate funding at global summits, cuts it at home

LEADING Finnish policy-makers are touring international climate conferences pledging climate financing for developing countries all the while making dramatic cuts in the financing at home, reports YLE.

President Alexander Stubb on Tuesday announced at Cop-29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, that Finland will channel additional financing to poor countries, calling particular attention to island states that are at risk of becoming uninhabitable due to rising sea levels.