Japan pledges $400 million loan to Indonesia to tackle climate change

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Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by climatechange

Japan, the world's fifth-biggest air polluter, offered a $400 million yen-denominated loan Sunday to Indonesia, the world's third-largest air polluter, to help tackle global warming, Japanese officials said. The loan was part of the "Hatoyama Initiative". In this initiative launched by Prime Minister Hatoyama Tokyo will provide financial and technical assistance to developing countries to help address the problem of climate change.

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