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Nearly 200 countries have reaffirmed their commitment to a global climate change deal during a conference in Morocco. The UN gathering was overshadowed by Donald Trump’s threats to withdraw the US from the global pact.

The 197 parties to the UN’s climate convention called for the increased political action in order to fight climate change in a proclamation issued on Thursday in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh.

“We call for the highest political commitment to combat climate change, as a matter of urgent priority,” the 196 nations and the European Union bloc said in their “Marrakesh Action Proclamation” issued during the annual UN climate conference.

The document also called for increased financing for projects which will help prevent worst-case-scenario global warming and cope with the upcoming unavoidable effects of climate change.

“Our climate is warming at an alarming and unprecedented rate and we have an urgent duty to respond,” the…