03 June, 2017
Leaders of scores of cities and some states across the country said Thursday they'll continue to follow global climate goals, even though President Donald Trump said the country is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement.
Trump announced he would withdraw the US from the Paris agreement, which the Obama administration joined in 2016 after years of negotiating with United Nations member countries.
Separately on Thursday, France, Germany and Italy said in a joint statement that they regretted the usa decision to withdraw from the accord, while affirming their "strongest commitment" to implement its measures.
- President Trump announced the USA will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, sticking with his campaign promise. DiCaprio has himself been heavily criticized for warning about global warming while riding in private jets and renting mega-yachts for parties. 'Without US participation, it is more hard to achieve the goals of the Paris agreement, but the rest of the world is still behind it.
"Trump to pull out of global climate pact", the broadsheet says, in a move that is "based on spurious claims" and "could put a hard target out of reach".
Mr Macron said that he would move swiftly to define "a common strategy and to launch new initiatives" with France's partners.
"This decision, based on falsehoods and the denial of climate change, would be a complete disaster for our cities, Washington state, our country and the entire world".
"It's an important worldwide agreement on climate change", May said Friday. "At what point do they start laughing at us as a country?" he said in an address that was telecast on global news channels such as CNN and BBC.
"We provided our islands as a launching pad for them to achieve their objectives and now we are facing the biggest war of our time, they are abandoning us", he told the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation during a visit to the neighboring island.
Social Democratic members of Merkel's Cabinet issued a separate joint statement saying "the United States is harming itself, us Europeans and all other people in the world".
He said Brussels and Beijing believe in "the full implementation, without nuances, of the Paris climate agreement", and underlined there can be "no backsliding" on the pact.
Citing "onerous energy restrictions" placed on his country, the United States leader used a study by National Economic Research Associates, which claimed 27 million American jobs will be lost by 2025, to justify his decision.
Tesla founder Elon Musk said he would quit White House advisory councils on business in protest.
As the world is still reeling from President Trump's announcement to withdraw the United States from the Paris agreement, individuals, organizations, and states have been quick to register their disapproval and disgust.
Scientists say Earth is likely to reach more risky levels of warming sooner if the US retreats from its pledge because America contributes so much to rising temperatures. Those who witnessed the destruction of Sandy saw first hand the impacts of climate change already happening.
