Rich cultural performances greet finance ministers

An evening of colour and diversity greeted the delegates at the opening yesterday of the Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ Meeting as performers brought some degree of levity to a meeting weighed down by concerns of small developing states’ preparation for the challenges of climate change.

The two-day meeting gets underway today with the focus being on adaptation to, and mitigation of, the effects of climate change. At the end of the meeting, the Commonwealth Finance Ministers are expected to issue a Communiqu