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Blog: Climate Change Finance — Actions More Valuable Than Words

December 7, 2015

By Robert O’Sullivan, Environment GroupDecember 7, 2015, Paris, COP 21 The tension between environmental and economic priorities has existed since the very first environmental concern was raised, and is one of the key issues at the heart of international and domestic climate policy. Reducing emissions and adapting to inevitable climate change has global and local […]

Remarks by US Secretary of State Kerry on Climate Change and the Environment

December 31, 2013

Visiting the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam on Dec. 15, U.S. State Secretary John Kerry, spoke of the cooperation of the United States and Vietnam to “strengthen Vietnam’s resilience to the effects” of climate change. In his remarks, Kerry announced “an initial commitment of $17 million for USAID’s Vietnam Forest and Deltas Program” — a […]