31-08-2016 10:16 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Green Climate Fund needs ideas with low-carbon wow factor - ex-head

By Megan Rowling BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Green Climate Fund, which aims to channel billions of dollars to help poorer nations tackle global warming, is not yet backing the right kind of projects to bring about a sea change in low-carbon development, said its recently departed executive director. Héla Cheikhrouhou, who was appointed as Tunisia's minister for energy, mining and renewables in its new government on Friday, urged the $10.3-billion fund to provide clearer g
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