Overseas aid must not be used to pay for the cost of climate destruction in poor countries.
But money should not be diverted from schools and hospitals to pay for climate change. Financing for climate change must be additional to overseas aid.
To email Minister John Gormley
In the coming weeks the Irish Government will decide its position on how to pay for climate destruction in poor countries. Some rich countries are suggesting that instead of providing new money to help poor countries adapt to climate change, we should spend vital overseas aid to pay for climate change. to ensure that Ireland supports poor countries to adapt to climate change, but does not pay for it from overseas aid, go to http://www.oxfamireland.org/php/campaigns-2009-10-climate-ROI.php.