France promises aid to get climate deal
LYON, France – French President François Hollande said Wednesday that money is the main roadblock to a global accord at a United Nations climate conference in Paris this year.
Poor countries need investment to adapt to climate change, and rich countries need to invest in cleaner technologies if all agree in December on binding global reductions in the emissions that heat the planet.
The “financing dimension” is the most challenging issue, Hollande told a meeting in Lyon of mayors from around the world.
He said France is ready to offer aid to poor countries to encourage them to join a deal.
Liberia confirms second Ebola case
MONROVIA, Liberia – Liberian officials confirmed a second Ebola case Wednesday in the same town where the disease was detected days earlier on the corpse of teenager, seven weeks after the country was declared Ebola-free.
The infected person was moved to Monrovia, said deputy health minister Tolbert Nyenswah.
Between 100 and 200 Ebola center workers stormed the Ministry of Health in eastern Monrovia on Wednesday demanding hazard pay.
Associated Press
