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The US still wants a say in how UN climate change money is spent

Jed Kim Jul 17, 2017
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The US still wants a say in how UN climate change money is spent

Jed Kim Jul 17, 2017
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The U.S. has pulled out of the Paris climate agreement, but it’s already put $1 billion into the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund. That’s meant to help poor and developing countries manage climate change. And while President Trump said he won’t commit any more money to the fund, the White House still wants American delegates to be on the board governing how the fund’s money is spent. 

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