Daily Mail
"But Tory critics claimed the measure would leave Britain open to paying an unlimited bill in addition to the £6bn already pledged by 2020 in climate aid.
Philip Davies, MP for Shipley, said: ‘It sounds like a blank cheque and I think the Government must have taken leave of their senses. On the one hand they tell us we haven’t got any money, the country is broke.
‘And people accept that they know that, but then to internationally go spraying taxpayers money about as if it’s going out of fashion, my constituents find incredibly offensive.
'They cannot afford this largesse, the Government are going to have to start acting in the British national interest.’ ........The UK has already pledged £2.9 billion during this summit to support wind farms in Africa and greener agriculture in Colombia over the next four years, despite a lack of similar pledges from other countries.
Britain and other European countries also signed up to an extension to the Kyoto Protocol agreement until 2020 although the new pact only covers a sixth of the world’s polluters - and does not require action from the biggest emitters, the US and China.
ED: Free borrowed money anyone ? ...
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