Climate Action Special Envoy Michael Bloomberg Pledges $4.5 million To Help Un Fight Climate Change
The Un Special Envoy for Climate Action, Michael Bloomberg, announced on Sunday a contribution of $4.5 million to the United Nation’s Climate Change Secretariat, the Unfccc.
The billionaire philanthropist and former Mayor of New York City, pledged last June to make up the Secretariat’s funding shortfall, caused by Us President Donald Trump’s announced withdrawal from the historic 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
The contribution will go towards general operations, including assisting countries to meet targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in line with the accord; agreed by 193 States in the French capital.
In late March, the United States Congress announced that it was cutting funding for this year to the Unfccc by $4.5 million; from $7.5 million, down to $3 million, according to a media release from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Mr. Bloomberg made the announcement of his contribution on the CBS television programme, ‘Face the Nation’, saying that “America made a commitment and as an American,...
The billionaire philanthropist and former Mayor of New York City, pledged last June to make up the Secretariat’s funding shortfall, caused by Us President Donald Trump’s announced withdrawal from the historic 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
The contribution will go towards general operations, including assisting countries to meet targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in line with the accord; agreed by 193 States in the French capital.
In late March, the United States Congress announced that it was cutting funding for this year to the Unfccc by $4.5 million; from $7.5 million, down to $3 million, according to a media release from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Mr. Bloomberg made the announcement of his contribution on the CBS television programme, ‘Face the Nation’, saying that “America made a commitment and as an American,...
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