U.N. Warns U.S. It Cannot Escape Paying Punitive Climate ‘Reparations’

[Elderberry]

Breitbart by Simon Kent 12/11/2019

The United States was warned Wednesday by the United Nations it cannot avoid compensating poorer nations hit by climate change, despite Donald Trump honoring his election promise of leaving the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

Delegates and observers at the COP25 negotiations in Madrid told AFP that Washington seeks a change to the U.N. climate convention that could release it from punitive “loss and damage” funding for developing nations which is predicted to run into the billions of dollars.

Under the bedrock U.N. climate treaty, adopted in 1992, rich nations agreed to help developing countries prepare for unavoidable future climate impacts — the twin pillars of “mitigation” and “adaptation”.

But there was no provision for helping countries and small island states now calling for compensation.

A new mechanism was established in 2013, but with damage estimates climbing, there is no agreement on where the money might come from or even if it should be paid, although the U.S. is constantly the target of calls for financial reparations because it is rich, successful and a dominant world economic force.

More: https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2019/12/11/u-n-warns-u-s-cannot-escape-paying-climate-reparations/

[libertybele]

President Trump made a wise decision to leave the Paris climate agreement.  The United States was 'warned' by the U.N. 

I'd like to know what that 'warning' entails.

The article states; ...."the amount needed for loss and damage would top $300 billion annually by 2030, of which the majority of which is expected to be invoiced to the U.S....

$300 Billion ANNUALLY on top of what the U.S. already hands out to everybody else!

Gee, I don't know, perhaps its time for the U.S. to pull out of the U.N. and tell them to pack sand.

[PeteS in CA]

1. Come and take the $$.

2. Nice headquarters you got there, UN .......

[Absalom]

Suggestion.
Throw the UN out on it's fat ass, sending it back to Geneva the home of its parent, the League.

[PeteS in CA]

Suggestion.
Throw the UN out on it's fat ass, sending it back to Geneva the home of its parent, the League.

I hear Zimbabwe and Venezuela are lovely, especially this time of the year.

[Wingnut]

The U.N. is joke.  Corrupt. Incompetent leadership. A ship of fool's lost at sea.

[Fishrrman]

"U.N. Warns U.S. It Cannot Escape Paying Punitive Climate ‘Reparations’"

How 'bout this, UN?
We'll just "escape" paying ANY more money to your communistic organization.
ZERO.
How's dat...?

[Free Vulcan]

Let them send out their armies to enforce it then.

[PeteS in CA]

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[GtHawk]

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That was a pretty good movie, plus they had losers get paid part just about right.

[PeteS in CA]

That was a pretty good movie, plus they had losers get paid part just about right.

It was my humorous allusion to the fact that the US is one of the few nations in the world that have the kind of logistics capability needed to transport a large invasion force. IOW, the UN's precious Blue Helmets would have to charter junky ships just to try to get here.

[sneakypete]

Of course we can.

What are they going to do,stamp their little feets in anger?

[DB]

Want to bet?