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this explains a lot about the FakeNewsMSM hostility to President Trump:

16 Oct: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: How to bridge the Trump gap in climate finance
By Erin R. Graham, Perry World House
Former US President Barack Obama pledged an initial $3 billion to one of the funds that distributes climate finance—money to help reduce emissions and adapt to climate impacts—but delivered only $1 billion before he left office, and Trump decided not to contribute any. Funding cuts supported by the Trump administration and the Republican majority in Congress have now produced a gaping hole in available resources...

Climate finance is delivered to governments through international institutions like the Global Environment Facility, the Green Climate Fund, the Adaptation Fund, and a number of trust funds hosted by the World Bank, the United Nations, and other international organizations...
https://thebulletin.org/2018/10/how-to-bridge-the-trump-gap-in-climate-finance/

16 Oct: Bloomberg: Former UN Chief Raps Trump for Idling on Global Warming Preparation
By Christopher Flavelle; With assistance by Jess Shankleman, and Mathew Carr
Giving money to the fund was supposed to be one of the ways wealthy countries would honor their commitment to provide $100 billion annually by 2020 for adaptation and other projects.
Yet the fund has struggled since Trump vowed to slash funding for the initiative last year, saying he would not honor former President Barack Obama’s pledge to provide $3 billion...

Ban predicted that the U.S. would eventually rejoin the world’s efforts to prepare for climate change.
“The problem is that President Trump, he doesn’t listen to anybody’s call,” Ban said. “The U.S. will definitely have to come back. And I think they will come back. If not during President Trump’s time, then whoever becomes his successor.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-16/former-un-chief-raps-trump-for-idling-global-warming-preparation