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Development Banks Pledge Funding for Green Transport
December 29, 2015
As part of its activity at the recent UN climate talks in Paris, the World Bank convened seven other multilateral development banks to announce that they would ramp up financing of transportation projects that would counter and limit the effects of climate change.
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Groves: US Congress Will Oppose UN Climate Funding
December 29, 2015
Steven Groves of the Heritage Foundation writes that the US Congress will not approve President Barack Obama's massive financing pledge to the UN's "Green Climate Fund" to help poorer countries limit the effects of global warming unless the President seeks congressional approval of the Paris climate deal.
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UN Agent Pushes Human-Rights Obligations in Climate Deal
December 28, 2015
Asserting that all countries at the recent UN climate talks in Paris have an obligation to protect the "vast range of human rights" under threat through global warming, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox called on these countries to honor their human-rights treaty commitments with strong pledges to counter climate change in the pact.
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UN Announces 2016 Follow-up to Climate Conference
December 28, 2015
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced that a broad group of organizations will host a "Climate Action 2016" conference in Washington, DC, to survey actions on pledges made in the recent Paris UN climate deal and to pressure countries to do more to counter global warming.
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UN Launches Host of Initiatives to Counter Global Warming
December 28, 2015
During the recent UN climate talks in Paris, the international organization and its agencies launched several initiatives aimed at countering climate change or containing its effects, including an effort to aid people who are at risk due to the catastrophic weather effects of global warming and "communiqué" that aims to reduce fossil-fuel subsidies.
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