Abstract This case study investigates the relationships between contemporary climate-related environmental vulnerabilities, including wildfires, water resources, and environmental toxicity, and the...
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U.S. Policy and Compact of Free Association (COFA) Citizens: Migration from Climate-Vulnerable Countries
This paper is part of USCRI’s ongoing policy and advocacy work highlighting strengths and weaknesses in existing U.S. and international policy toward migration from climate-affected countries and...
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the US decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement
The decision by the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change is a major disappointment for global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote global security. ...
Asian Development Bank and United States: Fact Sheet
The United States has contributed more than $27 billion to the work of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide loans, grants and technical assistance that help the poor and vulnerable in Asia and...
FACT SHEET: The President’s Climate Data Initiative: Empowering America’s Communities to Prepare for the Effects of Climate Change
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 19, 2014 “Climate change is a fact. And when our children’s children look us in the eye and ask if we did all we could to...
Floods spurred by rising seas threaten 5 million in US
Global warming doubles risk of once-a-century floods $30 billion in property damage projected for Florida Sea level rise amplifies storm surges, reports find By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON, March 14...
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State and USAID - FY 2013 Budget
Fact Sheet Washington, DC February 13, 2012 The President’s FY 2013 Budget for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) strengthens U.S. national security,...
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Seeing Irene As Harbinger Of a Change In Climate
By JUSTIN GILLIS The scale of Hurricane Irene, which could cause more extensive damage along the Eastern Seaboard than any storm in decades, is reviving an old question: are hurricanes getting worse...
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Foreign aid cuts would damage U.S. interests
Contacts: Sue Pleming: 1 202.552.6561 or 1 202.341.3814 (Cell) or spleming@interaction.org Tawana Jacobs: 1 202.552.6534 or 1 202.297.1696 (Cell) or tjacobs@interaction.org WASHINGTON, July 27— House...