Boston Globe: Senator John F. Kerry today urged the State Department to consider increasing the US financial commitment to support international climate change priorities as officials prepare for the Copenhagen summit starting next week. President Obama’s 2009-10 budget includes about $1.2 billion, but Kerry wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that $3 billion in 2010-11 is needed. A Senate bill, like the bill passed by the House in June, sets aside about 7 percent of proceeds from …