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Empresas y finanzas

UK's Brown proposes $100 billion annual climate fund


    LONDON (Reuters) - Developed countries must contribute collectively to a $100 billion annual fund to fight climate change in developing countries by 2020, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Friday.

    Global talks to agree in December in Denmark a new treaty to fight climate change have struggled to determine how rich countries pay for climate action in poorer nations.

    "I propose we take a working figure for this purpose of around $100 billion per annum by 2020," Brown said in London.

    "If we are to achieve an agreement in Copenhagen I believe we must move the debate from a stand-off over hypothetical figures."

    (Reporting by Gerard Wynn; Editing by Sue Thomas)