Italy is to give Africa three billion
euros to mitigate and adapt to climate change over the next five
years, helping stem migrant flows, Premier Giorgia Meloni said
at the G20 summit in India Saturday.
"Italy will allocate more than 70 per cent of its Italian
Climate Fund to Africa. That means 3 billion euro over the next
five years, equally earmarked for mitigation and adaptation
initiatives", she said.
Meloni added: "The commitment is part of the 'Rome Process'
launched with the Conference on Migration and Development, which
Italy convened in July and aims to build a new model of
international relations on an equal footing, to create
development, but also to foster legal migration paths and combat
the powerful criminal networks of illegal immigration
traffickers, who exploit desperation to enrich themselves".
In other remarks, Meloni accused Russia of using energy as
blackmail; said the response to climate change must include
everyone; and pledged Italian support for the quake that has
killed over 820 people in Morocco.
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