[MCN] WHY ? United States is reluctant to admit that climate change is a risk to the economy

[Lance Olsen]

Reuters FEBRUARY 22, 2020 
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS <https://www.reuters.com/news/archive/esgNews>
U.S. blocking G20 mention of climate change in draft communique, diplomats say
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G20 sources said the United States was reluctant to accept language on climate change as a risk to the economy.

“Usually China blocks as well, but as they are represented at lower level it’s mainly the U.S.,” one G20 diplomat said.

“Climate is the last sticking point in the communique. There is still no agreement,” a second source familiar with the negotiations said.

Reporting by Michael Nienaber and Andrea Shalal, writing by Jan Strupczewski

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“When asked why climate change is so politically charged, John Holden, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology, tells us: "I think the most fundamental reason is this misperception that being in favour of addressing the climate change challenge is to be against jobs and the economy."

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/techknow/2016/07/politics-climate-change-united-states-160714105644450.html

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