on that 100 million. the us is still not pulling its weight fully. and there will be people and particularly in poor countries who say, look, you rich countries, you promised 100 billion by 2020 and it s now 2021 and still not forthcoming. and we are still not getting it until 2024, and that s if president biden can get it through congress. so this is a kind of cup half full, cut half empty but i think this pledge now, ithink, will be seen as a substantial gesture and may ease one of the ways to getting a broader agreement at the upcoming climate conference in glasgow in november. the problem is with this from the very start my rich countries left the rules very slack, so it s not quite clear often whether a country is putting up its own finance from its own budget or it s also attracting private finance or it s supply finance through
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