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US is denying financial climate aid to countries not supporting the Copenhagen Accord, reached in an illegitimate way outside the official negotiations of the COP 15 on climate change held in the capital city of Denmark last December. Bolivia and Ecuador were denied 3 and 2.5 million dollars respectively.

“The U.S. is acting like a bully, strong-arming the most vulnerable countries to get them to sign onto an ineffective and unfair deal that will not move the world closer to a just climate agreement”, said Friends of the Earth US Policy Analyst, Kate Horner, according to a press statement issued Monday.

“In particular, the Obama administration is punishing Bolivia for being a true climate champion. Bolivia challenges the business-as-usual approach promoted by rich industrialized countries by demanding fair compensation for developing countries and communities that face impacts from a climate crisis that they did not cause”, she added.