Paris Agreement Post Trump

Hilary Chiew

02-Jun-17 08:35

Early this morning news broke that US President Donald Trump would take the US out of the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Trump said “In order to fulfil my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens, the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate pact.” Today we ask if the US got a bad deal in the 2015 Agreement, and where the global initiative to stem climate change will go.

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Tags: Paris Agreement, climate change, USA, Donald Trump, Kyoto Protocol, Barack Obama, POTUS, President of the United States, polluter, Europe, China, clean energy, sustainability, environment, Ivanka Trump, carbon emmission, renegotiation, American interest, Jean-Claude Juncker, EU Commission

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