UN’s Ban confident Trump will not undo Paris climate deal

Before Obama there was a lot of activity and there’s still a lot of activity in the U.S. on the state level, on the municipal level, on the part of corporations.

Some snapshots from financial markets this morning and what to expect today and beyond as the world adjusts after the results of the U.S. presidential election and President-elect Donald Trump.

Adesina said the event would be taking place in Marrakech between November 14, 2016 and November 16, 2016. This will probably be Pershing’s last climate conference; presumably he, like many of President Obama’s team, will be replaced. But so far, no nation has indicated it will walk away if the United States does so, he said.

“Perhaps the road map is not in good situation”, Ushio said.

Duncan said Alberta and Canada are still on board with the pact even if the United States decides to pull out.

“The US has joined the Paris Agreement and must continue to meet its climate obligations”.

The Obama administration promised $3 billion to a special fund for poor nations already feeling the lash of climate-enhanced extreme weather, from superstorms to droughts to heatwaves.

“Now more than ever”.

His address is expected to highlight, among other key issues such as Nigeria’s unwavering commitment to implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and policy actions aimed at tackling climate change through environmental sustainable efforts.

“There hasn’t been a clear federal policy on energy for some time, and states have a shared responsibility on energy and environment policy”, Kauffman said in an interview Thursday. NABARD is a member and is able to receive money from it. The U.S. could also ignore its voluntary climate action commitments under the Paris Agreement and cut funding for climate finance. He could, however, block it wherever possible. “We will end the war on coal. conduct a top-down review of all anti-coal regulations issued by the Obama administration (and) scrap the $5 trillion dollar”. As the countries that contribute the least to the causes of climate change are often the most affected by it, COP22 will also facilitate continued collaboration between developed and developing countries to address climate change.

“It seems like a most miserable United States election result for climate stewardship prospects”, said Jason Box, a glacier expert at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. He also foresees the danger of a setback to the multilateral character of climate agreements.

Climate policy leaders are wondering how much of such rhetoric will turn into real action. And there will be ramifications for the Australian clean energy sector given our strong links with Asia for trade and investment in wind and solar in particular. “It’s no longer worth investing in coal in the United States, either, even if Obama’s coal plan is cancelled”, he says.

“Donald Trump has said so many things, I don’t personally believe he can follow up on them”, said Hillary Larson, the communications coordinator for the Colorado branch of the Sierra Club, an environmental advocacy group.