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On June 1, President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, leaning on many dubious claims in support of his decision. Our experts have done a thorough fact check of the speech.

Global leadership on climate is changing, with positive developments on coal use in China and India likely to reduce projected global carbon emissions by roughly two to three billion tonnes by 2030 compared to our estimate last year. The recent, highly adverse rollbacks by President Trump are unlikely to have a major impact on global emissions by 2030.

During its 12th meeting, the Green Climate Fund Board adopted a new Strategic Plan for the fund. This report contains an overview of key decisions and summary of the meeting outcomes.

This briefing looks at issues that relate to the possibility of early entry into force for the Paris Agreement, the status of Party INDCs, protection of the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C temperature goal, and the implications of decision 1/CP.21 on the Paris Agreement's treatment of loss and damage.