Pledges for global climate fund reach about $11 billion

France’s finance minister says pledges to replenish an international fund meant to help poor nations tackle climate change will reach nearly 10 billion euros ($11 billion).

Finance Minister Bru Le Maire, speaking at a conference in Paris set to replenish Green Climate Fund, said “it’s a great success.”

He ded “this is a European success,” ting that almost half of amount is provided by France, Germany and Britain alone.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withhold $2 billion of $3 billion pledged by his predecessor, Barack Obama, has contributed to a shortfall at fund that or countries have struggled to fill.

meeting takes place a little over a month before U.N.’s annual climate conference, which will be held in Santiago, Chile, this year.