14 December 2009
Commenting on the UK government press briefing today, Christian relief and development agency Tearfund said: 'We welcome the fact that the UK government are positioning themselves as leaders in the fight to tackle runaway climate change.
'Ed Miliband is right to say that negotiators need to move away from their entrenched positions in order to secure a deal, and that plan b is not an option.
'However we know that the sticking point in the negotiations is new money. Despite the tough talking, sums are not matching words. We need an additional $200 billion a year in public money by 2020, for developing countries - this is still not on the table.
'Continuing ambiguity in this area, will not only increase the costs but could potentially plunge millions of people deeper into poverty, and we cannot afford to gamble with peoples' lives in this way.'