5 AUGUST 2016
The Cook Islands is preparing proposals to access US$300 million for climate change mitigation projects from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
Finance minister Mark Brown, who attended the fund’s regional meeting in Suva, Fiji this week, said the GCF board aimed to distribute US$2.5 billion for climate change projects this year.
Earlier this year the Cook Islands was the first country in the region to receive funding through GCF and government is eager to make the most of the opportunity to fund efforts to fight the effects of climate change.
Source: Pasifik