“Foe example is Isis taking treasure from the USA that could be used for research into fighting climate change?”
No, only in a parallel cartoon or simple strategy game universe where the USA is something that has a limited $ resource and has to choose between things, and cares about climate change.
In this world, the US government is a complex clusterfuck deeply corrupted by giant corporations and megawealthy gonzos like the Kochs, who are only the sacrificial tip the of the iceberg of corruption, and there are crazy political sideshows and distracting arguments such as “climate change deniers” and retarded Orwellian “war on terror” arguments and related BS and all sorts of ridiculous noise only pretending to be engaging in actual discussion, which isn’t anywhere near the actual decision-making system that determines what gets research money or not, even if it is somewhat related in concept.
So no, at best it’s a semi-related excuse someone might mention.