Michael Bloomberg steps in to help fund UN climate body after Trump withdrawal

If Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement, there are those who will take charge of the financial vacuum that the new administration will leave in terms of climate commitments. Michael R. Bloomberg, former mayor of New York and now UN special envoy for ambition and climate solutions, announced that his Bloomberg Philanthropies and other US funders will ensure compliance with climate commitments by th…

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Mike Bloomberg Steps in Again to Fund UN Climate Body in Response to Trump’s Moves

NEW YORK – Jewish billionaire and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged on Thursday to help cover U.S. financial commitments to the United Nations climate body after President Donald Trump said he would eliminate the funding and withdraw from the global Paris climate agreement. The new Republican president is repeating a policy decision he […]

The Bloomberg Foundation announced on the 23rd that it will make up for the gap in contributions caused by the Trump administration's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, an international framework for climate change measures. In a statement, it said, "The American people are determined to fight the devastating effects of climate change," and emphasized that state governments and the private sector will take the lead in fulfilling their obligati…

Bloomberg steps in again to fund UN climate body

Trump is repeating a policy decision he made at the start of his previous term in office, which similarly triggered a move by Bloomberg to uphold the country’s international climate obligations