Japan pledges $10.6 bn for climate policies in developing nations

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday pledged to give $10.6 billion more to developing nations in 2020 to help them implement policies against global warming, ahead of the UN climate talks in Paris next week. The decision to offer 1.3-trillion yen ($10.6 billion) came after Japan gave a roughly combined 2.0 trillion yen for the same purpose in 2013 and 2014. Japanese officials said the money will go toward a 2009 pledge among developed countries to commit $100 billion by 2020 to address