closely at that draft of the rulebook and agree upon it ok earlier we heard the french president manuel lachrymal making some specific suggestions for europe to take on a stronger leadership role when it comes to fighting climate change tell us a little bit more about what exactly is proposing. well some of it has to do with funding present mccraw. addressed frontally the lack of funding or the gap in funding that has emerged because the u.s. president on the trumpets announced that the us is withdrawing from the paris agreement in terms of actions the us has stopped much of its funding going into some of the international organizations that deal with the fight against global change one of those organizations the intergovernmental panel on climate change the i.p.c.c. that is the main. body where scientists get together and achieve consensus on the science of climate change and based on what they. decide is going on with our climate and how it's impacting the world that is the scientific basis upon which political decisions are taken at climate summit so the us has stopped funding the i.p.c.c. is