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For nations on the front lines of climate change, a fight for money — and how to spend it

Wealthy countries that fueled global warming face pressure to help poorer countries deal with its impacts. But finding the best use for those funds can be tricky.

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November 3, 2021 at 12:21 p.m. EDT
A woman sings while joining a protest in Rome on Friday calling on rich nations to come up with $100 billion a year to support developing countries in tackling climate change. (Yara Nardi/Reuters)
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A previous version of this article gave an incorrect number for how many complaints of sexual misconduct the fund faced in 2019. There were 24 complaints of misconduct, two of them sexual. This version has been corrected.

Six years ago, the Green Climate Fund was struggling to pull together its first list of projects before the start of a high-profile Paris climate summit. Created by the United Nations, its mission was to funnel money from wealthy nations to poorer ones to confront climate change. But debate among board members sometimes dragged on as late as 4 a.m.