(Reuters) – Switzerland has committed $25 million to fund poor countries efforts to adapt to climate change, Environment Minister Simonetta Sommaruga said on Thursday during a U.N. summit, where developing nations are demanding more adaptation financing.
“Switzerland has pledged to voluntary contributions to the adaption fund of a total of $25 million,” Sommaruga said in Glasgow.
The commitment follows on the EU pledging 100 million euros ($114.71 million)in adaptation funding on Tuesday.
The pledges still fall far short of the billions of dollars that developing nations say they will need to deal with the effects of climate change.
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(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper and Jake Spring; Editing by Alison Williams)
