President Obama indicated that the speed with which the agreement could be brought into force would depend in part on securing "the climate financing that's necessary for India to be able to embark on a bold vision for solar energy and clean energy" laid out by Modi.
Nobre calls for a "war effort" to reverse the damage and secure the global climate and security of future generations.
These companies are showing that they are fully behind efforts to secure the biggest climate win this year and put the world on a safer trajectory to achieve the climate targets agreed to in the Paris Agreement.
Later this year in Paris, the world's leaders will attempt to produce an agreement that will secure the global climate.
Had the Newfoundland debate taken place a decade later after the admission of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union been secured, the political climate in Washington might have been quite different.
Doha may have been disappointing, but the strong collaboration between a wide range of groups showed a new commitment to overcoming differences and attempting to secure the truly global transformation that climate change demands.
Closing the tax havens starts at home: to have the resources necessary to address our problems – from endemic poverty, a housing catastrophe, climate change and to secure the future we all deserve – they cannot continue operating unimpeded.
There had been many achievements, he insisted, including overseeing "the strongest, most durable economy in the world", confronting the threat of climate change, securing the Trans-Pacific Partnership to open markets, and protecting workers and the environment.
Climate policy analysts say that if Democrats control the White House and both chambers of Congress after the 2020 elections, it will be the best chance they have to secure sweeping climate legislation in a generation.
For decades, European leaders led international diplomatic efforts to try to secure a climate agreement, but were frustrated by the US government's refusal to countenance an international deal to reduce global warming pollution.
No analogy is ever perfect, but if you want to understand the challenges of negotiating a global deal to secure a safer climate, then the full frontal sensory attack of the medina feels like as appropriate a comparison as any other.
