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This framework should categorize actions to connect with the global goal and link to the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001589#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Evaluating finance flows is a significant challenge due to the broad scope of both public and private investments and a lack of agreement on what constitutes 'climate finance'. 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The author highlights that 71 percent of Americans support staying in the Agreement and notes that the U.S. clean energy workforce is expanding significantly faster than the coal sector. 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