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Monday, September 14, 2015

Poor Nations Want U.S. to Pay Reparations for Extreme Weather

Posted: 11 Sep 2015 09:00 PM PDT
Preparatory talks ahead of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to be held in Paris in December has representatives from developing nations asking for more than an already agreed upon $100 billion per year for climate change mitigation measures. They want additional compensation for weather-related disasters as well as a "displacement coordination facility" for refugees. And they want all this to be legally binding as part of the larger anticipated Paris accord.

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