It may be the last U.S. contribution the fund sees for some time.
Just three days before Trump took office, the State Department announced a $500-million grant to the group financing implementation of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
Trump has said that he intends to end U.S. support of global action on climate change and, possibly, to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.
In 2014, the Obama Administration pledged to contribute $3 billion to the U.N.-affiliated Green Climate Fund, which promotes renewable energy and climate adaptation in the Global South. This payment brought the total U.S. contribution to $1 billion.
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New York State Climate Plan Stalls
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California Voters to Decide on Major Climate Funding in November
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Alabama: Trump Terminates Settlements for Black Communities Harmed By Raw Sewage
Trump deemed the landmark civil rights agreement “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”
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The 120 Year Old Tiny Home Villages That Sheltered San Francisco’s Earthquake Refugees
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Ken Jennings Launches Transit Web Series
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BLM To Rescind Public Lands Rule
The change will downgrade conservation, once again putting federal land at risk for mining and other extractive uses.
Indy Neighborhood Group Builds Temporary Multi-Use Path
Community members, aided in part by funding from the city, repurposed a vehicle lane to create a protected bike and pedestrian path for the summer season.
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