German Environmental Minister Carsten Schneider has announced that Berlin will contribute €60 million ($70 million) to the International Adaptation Fund. The fund finances concrete climate adaptation projects in developing countries and has distributed some $1.4 billion since 2010, helping roughly 45 million people. Germany is currently the largest overall donor to the fund and has contributed €610 billion in total.  Elsewhere, Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil was in China to meet with China's