UN votes to affirm responsibility to mitigate climate change, while US votes against

The United Nations voted this week to affirm that countries have a responsibility to protect people from climate change, ...

US, Russia vote against climate resolution on greenhouse emissions at UN, India abstains

The Paris climate agreement, adopted in 2015, aimed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial ...
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Russia joins US and Iran in voting against UN climate change resolution

Russia on Wednesday voted with other major energy exporters and greenhouse gas emitters against a UN General Assembly ...
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U.S. Opposes Historic U.N. Environmental Resolution as Local Leaders React

The United States was one of eight countries opposing a UN environmental resolution, which passed with 141 votes in favor.
The Hill

US votes against UN resolution labeling slavery ‘gravest crime against humanity’

The U.S., Israel and Argentina on Wednesday voted against a United Nations resolution led by Ghana to label the international slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and call for ...