U.S. special envoy on climate change John Kerry has said richer nations will be able to deliver 100 billion dollars to help developing countries tackle the climate crisis by 2022.
This is a year earlier than expected.
The BBC's Anna Aslan reports.
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World leaders had agreed in Paris to provide 100 billion dollars to developing countries every year starting in 2020.
That target wasn't met and the latest estimate suggested it wouldn't be reached until 2023.
But, speaking in Scotland, John Kerry said they now raised enough money to begin financing poorer nations by next year.
Mr. Kerry said he felt a new sense of urgency and possibility at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow.
But he warned that trillions more dollars in private finance needs to be unlocked.
