By Jo Nova
Are we tired of winning yet? Not a bit…
Just like that, Donald Trump gutted the UN Green Climate Fund. Among all the blockbuster scandals this last week, hardly anyone even registered that it happened. Politico, the government funded fake news organization, mentioned it on Feb 5th, and its barely made a ripple. There’s been no parade of extinctionists dressed as red witches, and no one has glued themselves to a freeway. The mainstream media have barely mentioned it. It’s almost like they don’t want to say it, in case other countries think — “great idea“.
Instead of outrage — “think of the children” — The State Department said “no comment” and so did the UN.
The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest unguarded bucket of money labeled “climate change”. It was founded in 2010 and so far has squandered $16 billion on renewables and adaption projects in developing countries without spending 10 cents checking the evidence and assumptions.
Trump rescinds $4B in US pledges for UN climate fund
Karl Matheisen, Politico
The U.S. had committed the most money to the global fund, which helps over 100 countries grapple with the changing world.
“The government of the United States rescinds any outstanding pledges to the Green Climate Fund,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in a note dated Jan. 27, parts of which were seen by POLITICO.
The climate fund confirmed the decision.
The U.S. withdrawal follows President Donald Trump’s order revoking and rescinding the country’s federal climate finance program, signed on his first day in office.
Four billion may not sound like much in the scheme of things — especially when USAID is tossing around ten times as much, but it goes a long way among scientists, student activists and the rent-a-crowd protestors. It buys a lot of press releases, and it adds a large layer of dedicated cheerleaders for a “climate crisis” all around the world. In terms of performance art, it’s a lot of money.
The wild thing at the moment though, is all that money supposedly just vanished and hardly anyone is saying a thing.
There don’t seem to be many abandoned beneficiaries screaming for help, wondering if storms will be worse next year. It’s almost like we are not supposed to notice. The UNFCCC Green Climate Fund page on the UN site is so low key it barely exists. The latest report is 178 pages of blah. Does anyone, anywhere read it?
This was a fund that was originally supposed to be $100 billion dollars, yet somehow the logo looks like it was done by a high schooler. It’s like this money is hidden behind a wall of boring.