While a trickle of pledges means donor countries can likely hit the milestone a few years after the 2020 target, campaigners say they need to make up for an early shortfall by 2025 вЂ“ and that is a trickier prospect. But simultaneous cuts to foreign aid at a time of great need are souring international relationships.Д¬hancellor Rishi Sunak was one of the first to pledge money towards a groundbreaking new IMF climate finance facility вЂ“ but that support is expected to replace, not add to, funding through other channels.Дeveloping countries are still waiting to hear when a promised $100 billion in climate finance will be delivered. Prime minister Boris Johnson touted it as вЂњan example to the worldвЂќ. The UK host has a better story to tell on domestic action, having finally unveiled a long-awaited net zero strategy with policies in heating, transport and energy. UK and EU must not abet the theft of indigenous territory in Brazil вЂ“ Sonia Guajajara, APIB.

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And it gives Biden little moral authority вЂ“ or practical capacity вЂ“ to persuade other countries to put their best foot forward. WeвЂ™ve been here before.Д®very year of delay and incrementalism puts the goals of the Paris Agreement further out of reach. The usual pragmatic greens in DC assure us that if push comes to shove, the US can meet its emissions targets with executive action despite the defunding of climate policy. With the infrastructure and reconciliation bills likely to be radically scaled down or still not passed when Cop26 starts next Sunday, president Joe Biden has a real credibility problem heading to Glasgow. In reality the coal-state senatorвЂ™s obstruction of US clean electricity incentives has repercussions around the world.

Because only environmentalists suffer from coal pollution and runaway climate change? This glib scorecard was righteously slammed on Twitter. вЂњWinner: Joe Manchin Loser: environmentalistsвЂќ was its snapshot of US legislative wrangling over climate spending on Wednesday. To PoliticoвЂ™s Washington DC newsletter, everything is a ball game.

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