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Trump snubbed by gathering of global leaders in Colombia

EuroNews · · 919 words · By Ruth Wright
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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The Netherlands and Colombia have brought together world leaders and engaged them in discussions that are not governed by the UN process.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Colombia and the Netherlands co-organized the 'Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels' in Santa Marta, which is a separate initiative from the UN process.
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web search NEUTRAL — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg chastised world leaders Monday, Sep. 23, for failing younger generations by not taking sufficient steps to stop clima...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAJsdgTPJpU
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web search NEUTRAL — UNITED NATIONS — This is the world we live in: Punishing heat waves, catastrophic floods, huge fires and climate conditions so uncertain that children took to the streets en masse in global protests t…
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/21/climate/united-nations-cl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions.
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/what-is-climate-change
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“The First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, being held in Colombia this week”
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Three independent web search results confirm the 'First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels' took place in Santa Marta, Colombia, from April 24–29.
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web search NEUTRAL — The first “Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels” took place in Santa Marta, Colombia, from April 24–29 and was co‑organised by Colombia and the Netherlands.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/energy-transition/colombia-summ…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Santa Marta conference marks the first major global gathering dedicated to turning these ideas into action. Co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, key aims include: Aligning countries and inst…
https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/from-belem-to-santa-marta-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Conference is designed as a space for countries, subnational governments and other stakeholders that recognize the need to implement a transition away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly and equ.
https://transitionawayconference.com/
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“Despite 60 countries being in attendance, the Trump administration was not invited to the Santa Marta conference.”
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Three independent web search results explicitly state that 60 countries attended the Santa Marta conference and that the Trump administration was not invited.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dozens of countries met this week to discuss how to end the world's dependence on fossil fuels, a goal that the Trump administration doesn't share.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/climate/santa-marta-clima…
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web search NEUTRAL — Why was Trump not invited to Santa Marta climate conference? Despite 60 countries being in attendance, the Trump administration was not invited to the Santa Marta conference.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/29/a-new-power-trump-not-in…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sixty countries, excluding the United States, are participating in the climate summit in Santa Marta, Colombia.
https://colombiaone.com/2026/04/29/colombia-60-countries-con…
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“Since coming to office, President Trump has repeatedly called climate change "a hoax"”
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Multiple sources, including FactCheck.org, ITV News, and Politico, confirm that President Trump has repeatedly called climate change a 'hoax'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Former President Donald Trump, who has famously called climate change a “hoax” for many years, hasn’t used the word lately with respect to climate change.
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/trump-clings-to-inaccurate…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump has criticised the United Nations, called climate change "a hoax" and accused western nations of "going to hell" over their approach to immigration, during his address to the ge…
https://www.itv.com/news/2025-09-23/trumps-un-address-the-cl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump has also called climate change a hoax despite the scientific consensus that burning fossil fuels is the primary driver of global warming.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/trump-moves-to-hobb…
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“removed all mentions of climate change from federal websites.”
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Three independent web search results report that the Trump administration removed or downgraded mentions of climate change from federal government websites.
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump’s administration has started to remove or downgrade mentions of the climate crisis across the US government, with the websites of several major departments pulling down references to anyt…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/trump-climat…
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump ’s administration has removed a quarter of all references to climate change from federal government websites since 2016, researchers have found.There were 4,912 mentions of “climate chang…
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/trump-clim…
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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON — Nearly a year into the Trump administration, mentions of climate change have been systematically removed, altered or played down on websites across the federal government, according to a …
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/climate/climate-change-tr…
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“He has withdrawn the US from the Paris Agreement”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, confirm that President Trump announced and executed the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Paris Agreement (also called the Paris Accords or Paris Climate Accords) is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016.Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump announcing the US pull out from Paris in June 2017.Why has this taken so long? The delay is down to the complex rules that were built into the Paris agreement to cope with the possibil…
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54797743
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web search NEUTRAL — In response to President Trump signing an Executive Order to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change, Paul O’Brien, executive director of Amnesty International USA made t…
https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/withdrawing-united…
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“gutted the Environmental Protection Agency”
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Web search results confirm the Trump administration announced significant reorganization and staffing cuts at the EPA, including plans to slash the workforce by 33%.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of E…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Pr…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration announced plans for a significant reorganization of the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, and signaled major cuts in staffing to come – especially for the agency's sc…
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5385272/epa-environment…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration plans to cut one-third of the EPA's workforce by 2025. This will significantly impact the agency's ability to manage pollution and protect public health. With 23 per cent of s…
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/trump-administrat…
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“nominated fossil fuel industry insiders for positions overseeing energy development and land use”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general lists of US presidents and White House descriptions, which do not mention specific appointments of fossil fuel industry insiders.
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web search NEUTRAL — List of presidents of the United States The White House, official residence of the president of the United States The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Un…
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web search NEUTRAL — What Happens if the President Dies? If the president of the United States dies, the vice president immediately assumes the office of president. The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, rat…
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Presidents-of-the-United-St…
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web search NEUTRAL — Under President Donald Trump’s second administration, the United States has surged into a new era of prosperity, marked by record-setting economic growth and trillions in new private-sector ...
https://www.whitehouse.gov/
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“expanded oil and gas drilling”
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“Irene Velez Torres, Colombia's Environment Minister”
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The cross-reference evidence provided discusses reducing hippopotamus populations and does not confirm the identity or role of Irene Velez Torres as Colombia's Environment Minister.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — We must act to reduce the hippopotamus population
https://www.dw.com/en/colombia-cull-pablo-escobar-hippos/a-7…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — We must act to reduce the hippopotamus population
https://www.dw.com/en/colombia-cull-pablo-escobar-hippos/a-7…
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“more than 50 countries that are here, representing almost 50 per cent of the global population”
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“California is using carbon markets... and low-carbon fuel standards to generate investment and guide the clean energy transition.”
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“commitment to carbon neutrality by 2045”
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“In Canada, Quebec has taken a more direct approach, passing a law to halt new fossil fuel exploration and production altogether.”
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“borrowing costs for renewable energy can be several times higher than in wealthier economies – averaging about 15 per cent in parts of Africa compared with roughly 2 per cent in Europe and North America”
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