Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropic organization and others are stepping in to maintain US contributions to the agency tasked with implementing the Paris Agreement.

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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy arm said on Thursday it will provide funding to help cover the U.S. contribution to the U.N. climate body's budget, filling a gap left by President Donald Trump.

This marks the second time Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, has stepped in to fill the gap left by U.S. federal disengagement.

Michael Bloomberg pledges over $20m to plug gap in UN’s climate budget after Trump pulled out - This is the second time Bloomberg has stepped in to help uphold funding and reporting commitments under

The UN climate change body will receive funding from the foundation of billionaire Michael Bloomberg after President Donald Trump declared the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement for the second time.

Businessman and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this week his philanthropic foundation will contribute the U.S.’s financial obligations under the Paris Climate Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) after President Trump announced he would withdraw the U.

A majority of the House Democratic caucus has signed onto a resolution opposing President Trump’s move to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement for the second time. In the resolution,