8/23/17, "The Enemy Within," Peggy Ryan, Canada Free Press
"If this mutinous cabal succeeds in destroying democracy it won't be because of the Democrats, it won't even be the seditious media. No, it will be the left-wing activists in Republican guise, GOP turncoats who will gleefully drive the final nail."
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Feb. 6, 2015, "The Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI): Budget Authority and Request, FY2010-FY2016," Congressional Research Service, fas.org
$1.29 billion requested for 2016 alone just for GCCI global "climate" funds (p. 12, pdf p. 15, State Dept., US Treas., USAID):
page 4: "The Global Climate Change Initiative"
"On September 22, 2010, President Obama signed the Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development.1 The directive called for the elevation of foreign development assistance as a national priority and outlined an integrated approach to development, diplomacy, and national security. The Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI)--one of the three main pillars to the 2010 directive—aims to integrate climate change considerations into relevant foreign assistance through a range of bilateral, multilateral, and private mechanisms to promote sustainable and resilient societies, foster low-carbon economic growth, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and land degradation....
The Global Climate Change Initiative is funded through programs at the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, and USAID (i.e., GCCI “core” agencies). Funds for these programs are appropriated in the Administration’s Executive Budget, the International Affairs Function....
"p. 12, pdf, "Key issues for Congress"...
"Potential for Misuse.
financial assistance have been criticized on occasion for inefficient
and bloated bureaucracies; their lack of transparency about project
procurement practices and operating costs; and the proportion of their
funds misused or lost through instances of graft, corruption, and other political inefficiencies. 18
Footnote 18
"18 William Easterly and Tobias Pfutze, “Where Does the Money Go? Best and Worst Practices in Foreign Aid,” Journal
of Economic Perspectives, vol. 22, no. 2 (Spring 2008). For more on
foreign aid reform, also see CRS Report (continued...)
p. 13, pdf
"Uncertain Results.
international financial assistance in spurring economic development and reform in lower-income countries, and, more specifically, in addressing issues of climate change and the environment. Many studies have examined the effects of international assistance provided to lower-income countries, including both bilateral and multilateral mechanisms, and have returned mixed results, making it difficult to reach firm conclusions that would support or oppose continued contributions.
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Uncertainties in Climate Science.
Prevailing scientific research on the current
Prevailing scientific research on the current
and future impacts of greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate exhibits varying degrees of analytical uncertainty. The lack of definitiveness in some data and in certain model projections has been offered by some as a reason to postpone and/or reconsider both domestic and international climate change assistance policies and programs."
..................Added: Bangladesh is example of graft and corruption in foreign government treatment of "climate" funds as cited by CRS:
"A Transparency International Bangladesh report said the main obstacles to adapting to the negative impacts of climate change are corruption and a lack of good governance." The board of Bangladesh $340 million climate fund "consists of 17 members including 10 ministers and it has already been accused of cronyism and misuses of funds for the projects."...
10/5/2013, "Climate Change Trust flouting own law with annual reporting failure," Dhaka Tribune, Abu Bakar Siddique
"Evaluation not carried out even for once over past 4 years"
"Bangladesh Climate Change Trust has failed to submit a single yearly evaluation report of its activities to the government since 2009, despite the trust’s own act requiring such a review annually.
Trust officials said they had not been able to perform the evaluation even once over the past four years because of heavy workload and a manpower shortage.
“We have been busy with other works like releasing different projects under the trust fund,” said secretary Md Rashadul Islam, who has been working for the trust since its inception.
“But recently we have increased our manpower and now we are planning to form an evaluation team,” he said.
Under the trust act the government established the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF) in 2009-10 fiscal with its own fund to undertake projects to tackle adverse impacts of climate change.
Currently, the total amount of the fund is $340 m. The government has already allocated $190.78m for 139 government and 63 non-government projects.
At the same time, the government also formulated the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP) 2009 considered to be a guideline on climate change adaptation measures.
The trust board consists of 17 members including 10 ministers and it has already been accused of cronyism and misuses of funds for the projects.
On October 3, a Transparency International Bangladesh report said the main obstacles to adapting to the negative impacts of climate change are corruption and a lack of good governance.
“The trust is yet to carry out an evaluation of its activities because of various anomalies in the fund management records,” said a climate change expert seeking anonymity.
Such anomalies could be avoided if the evaluation had been done regularly, said the source, who is also a member of the government’s International Climate Change negotiation team.
Hasan Mahmud, the minister for environment and forests who is also the chairman of the trust board, told the Dhaka Tribune that he was not aware of the issue."
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https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41845.pdf
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