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Fact-Checking Trump

Donald Trump has made some pretty bold claims in his short time serving as our president, but what are charismatic statements without truth- propaganda perhaps? The Politifact website shows, the majority of Trump’s statements are False, a recorded 33% of … Continue reading

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President Trump’s New Promise: The Erosion of America’s Global Leadership in Climate Change Action

“Continued participation in the Paris Agreement would be fundamentally unfair to American taxpayers. It would require the transfer of billions of their hard-earned dollars to other countries through the ‘Green Climate Fund.’” Truth-O-Meter rating: mostly false (contains an element of … Continue reading

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: Technology Transfer

One important aspect to the Convention is technology transfer, which focuses on all parties working together to improve the development and transfer of GHG emission reducing technologies. This requires developed countries to step up with assisting in improving climate technology … Continue reading

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Climate Finance: Who’s Responsible?

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) provides the structure for multilateral action to prevent significant human change to the climate system. Dealing with climate change and its impacts on humanity and ecosystems requires a continuous international negotiation … Continue reading

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UNFCCC Adaptation

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has many different interesting and complex components but I chose to focus on the UNFCCC approach to adaptation because unlike all the other aspects of the convention, adaptation will happen regardless of … Continue reading

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Technology Transfer to Support Climate Action.

The UNFCC stresses the importance of technology transfer in order to achieve the goals of the convention. It emphasizes the importance of this technology transfer between developed and undeveloped nations. This topic has received more recent attention as it is … Continue reading

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