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Billionaire Michael Bloomberg will help fund UN climate body after Trump withdrawal

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

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy arm said on Thursday it will provide funding to help cover the U.S. contribution to the U.N. climate body's budget, filling a gap left by President Donald Trump.
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Analysis: How Trump Made It Suddenly Harder to counter Climate Risks

President Trump’s energy agenda calls for drilling more oil and gas, something that could take years. But he took other actions this week that could more quickly affect the way the country prepares for and adapts to climate changes driven by the burning of fossil fuels.

In 2021, President Biden ordered the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security to study the security implications of climate change and to incorporate them into defense strategy and other national security plans.

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Trump White House announces it will withdraw from Paris climate agreement.

Trump to withdraw from Paris climate agreement, White House says

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will once again withdraw the United States from the Paris climate deal, the White House said on Monday, removing the world's biggest historic emitter from global efforts to fight climate change for the second time in a decade.
 
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WHO seeks $1.5 billion for global health emergencies

WHO seeks $1.5 billion for global health emergencies

GENEVA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization launched its annual appeal for funding to respond to health emergencies on Thursday, just days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States, the health agency's biggest donor, puts a question mark over its finances longer-term.
 
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Biden administration commits an additional $306 million toward battling bird flu and will distribute the funds before Trump takes office.

The Biden administration, in a final push to shore up the nation’s pandemic preparedness before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office, announced on Thursday that it would nearly double the amount of money it was committing to ward off a potential outbreak of bird flu in humans.

Federal health officials have been keeping a close eye on H5N1, a strain of avian influenza that is highly contagious and lethal to chickens, and has spread to cattle. The virus has not yet demonstrated that it can spread efficiently among people.

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