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Saturday, March 4th, 2017

UN climate chief unable to secure meeting with US state department

Author:     Oliver Milman
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Thursday 2 March 2017 12.45 EST
 Link: UN climate chief unable to secure meeting with US state department
Stephan:   The change in long standing American policy concerning climate remediation is going largely unremarked; it is just lost in all the lies, deceptions, and Trumpian snark. But there are going to be very severe long term consequences. Just how this is playing out can be seen in this report in the leading British newspaper, The Guardian. So in addition to the climate impact, there is also the unintended consequence of the diminishment of the  U.S. on the world stage.

Patricia Espinosa has been unable to obtain a meeting with the US state department.
Credit: Pablo Porciuncula/AFP

NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The UN’s climate chief has been unable to secure a meeting with the US state department as Donald Trump’s administration mulls whether to withdraw the US from the international climate effort. (emphasis added)

Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is currently in the US and has sought a meeting with Rex Tillerson, the secretary of state, and other officials over the commitment of the new administration to global climate goals.

However, Espinosa said she had not had a response to her request and a state department official said there were no scheduled meetings to announce.

The official added: “As with many policies, this administration is conducting a broad review of international climate issues.”

Former US secretaries of state haven’t always met directly with the head of the UNFCCC, with meetings often conducted by the US climate envoy, a position currently vacant. However, the lack of response […]

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