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A Sino-U.S. breakthrough on reducing carbon emissions proves a global
deal on climate change is achievable, U.S. President Barack Obama said
Saturday, as campaigners hailed new momentum in long-stalled talks.
Announcing a $3 billion contribution to a U.N.-backed climate change
mitigation fund, Obama said the China-U.S. deal showed the way forward.
“If China and the U.S. can agree on this, then the world can agree on
this—we can get this done,” he said in a speech on the sidelines of the
G20 summit in Brisbane. .........However, Republican James Inhofe, regarded as the chief climate
change skeptic in the U.S. Congress, signaled Obama would struggle to
get the funds through the legislature, particularly after his position
was weakened in recent mid-term elections.
“President Obama’s pledge to give unelected bureaucrats at the U.N.
$3 billion for climate change initiatives is an unfortunate decision to
not listen to voters in this most recent election cycle,” Inhofe said."
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