Arctic Council Pushes Back Most US Demands As Finland Takes 2-Year Chair Position
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In the end, the Fairbanks Declaration, signed by the ministers of the eight nations, cites climate change in the Arctic and the importance of the Paris Agreement in slowing it. The agreement seeks to reduce emissions and slow global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.
Wording about climate change, the Paris Agreement and renewable energy had been challenged in the past week by the U.S. delegation, but it was mostly restored, a Finnish official said.
"I think we were able to push the U.S. back as much as possible," Rene Solderman, a senior Arctic adviser, told reporters after the ministerial session.
The pushback to Trump's climate stances was a general theme at the Arctic Council meeting and related Fairbanks events held this week. Several experts criticized Trump's environmental policies and his past promises to pull out of the Paris Agreement.
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