President Biden’s commitment to provide billions of dollars per year in international climate aid for poor countries to mitigate the effects of climate change has largely dried up.
Only $1 billion of the $11.4 billion he pledged for foreign climate programs annually by 2024 — or less than 10% — is included in a bipartisan $1.7 trillion government funding package that Congress must pass by Friday to avoid a shutdown, delivering another gut punch to Mr. Biden’s green agenda.
No money was included for the United Nations Green Climate Fund, for which Mr. Biden requested $1.6 billion, that helps developing countries address climate impacts and switch to clean energy.