US President Donald Trump
Washington: Soon after Donald Trump took oath, the White House has announced America’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. US President Donald Trump signed his first set of executive orders at the Capital One Arena just hours after being sworn in. During this, an executive order was signed to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty. Trump’s move will deal a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and will once again distance America from its closest allies.
What is the goal of Paris Climate Agreement?
The White House announcement, which comes as Trump takes oath for a second term on Monday, is reminiscent of Trump’s actions in 2017. Even then he had announced that America would withdraw from the global Paris Agreement. The main long-term goal of the Paris climate agreement is to limit global warming to well below two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and if possible, to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Joe Biden administration had presented the plan
The 2015 Paris Agreement is voluntary and allows countries to set targets for cutting their emissions of greenhouse gases from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. Last month, the outgoing Joe Biden administration introduced a plan to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60 percent by 2035.
What did the CEO of the European Climate Foundation say?
Lawrence Toubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation and a key architect of the Paris Agreement, called the planned US withdrawal from the agreement unfortunate. He said action to slow climate change ‘is stronger than the politics and policies of any one country.’
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