F fudge dérobade, esquive Climate watchers say the jury is out on whether the final agreement at the Paris COP21 talks in December 2015 was a political fudge, or something that might actually curb emissions sufficiently to make a difference to global warming. fuel alimenter syn. feed Analysts said that the yuan's downward slide in early January 2016 was a sign that capital was leaving and fuelled fears that China would attempt to help struggling manufacturers with an even bigger depreciation. fundraising levée de fonds, collecte de fonds Jurists have noted that two recent US Supreme Court decisions* facilitated political fundraising by removing restrictions on "independent" political spending by individuals, unions and corporations, and even allowing mega-donors to remain anonymous. * Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010); McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (2014) 61