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U.S. Hosts World’s Energy Ministers to Scale Up Clean Energy and Drive Implementation of the Paris Agreement

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Government and Business Leaders Gather in San Francisco at CEM7 and the Mission Innovation Ministerial to Accelerate Clean Energy Deployment and to Double Clean Energy R&D Investments over Five Years to $30 Billion per Year President Obama’s leadership has helped catalyze the largest investment ... Read More»

By | 2 June, 2016 | Topics: Climate, Energy, Environment, Fact Sheets, Featured Event, Innovation, News | Tags:

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Readout of the President’s Call with President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE President Obama spoke by phone today with President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil to discuss ongoing progress in the Paris climate conference, which will conclude on December 11. Both leaders emphasized their personal commitment to reach an ambitious climate change agreement and their interest in ... Read More»

By | 7 December, 2015 | Topics: Climate, Environment, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases, U.S. & Brazil | Tags: ,

U.S.-Brazil Joint Statement on Climate Change, Food Security and New Technologies

The United States Department of Agriculture and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil today issued the following joint statement: The United States and Brazil are very cognizant of the fact that global food production must increase by 70 percent over the next 25 years to feed an estimated population of 9 ... Read More»

By | 29 June, 2015 | Topics: Agriculture, Climate, Featured Event, Innovation, Key Documents, Science and Tech, U.S. & Brazil, U.S.-Brazil Priorities | Tags:

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