US accused of blocking UN climate talks amid protests

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Source: Agence France-Presse



Patrick GALEY, AFP•September 8, 2018

Bangkok (AFP) - The United States, despite withdrawing from a landmark accord aimed at curbing climate change, is stonewalling vital UN talks over how to fund poorer nations as they battle against global warming, multiple sources told AFP Saturday.

US President Donald Trump caused global outrage by announcing the US would withdraw from the Paris Accord, but the decision cannot formally take effect until least 2020 and Washington has vowed to take part in climate negotiations to protect its interests. The issue of how funds are made available to developing nations has emerged as a key sticking point at the talks, which have made little headway since they opened on Tuesday.

The Paris deal -- hailed as a game-changer when struck in 2015 -- promised $100 billion annually from 2020 to poor nations already coping with floods, heatwaves and rising sea levels exacerbated by climate change.

But it left room for debate over how that money should be provided, as well as how donor nations would source and report their contributions.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-accused-blocking-un-climate-talks-amid-protests-091334442.html

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