06 June, 2017
"Therefore, in order to fulfil my solemn duty to protect America and it's citizens, the USA will withdraw from the Paris climate accord".
"But we will start to negotiate and we will see if we can make a deal that's fair".
The school noted yesterday that the number cited by Trump is "misleading" because it measures the Paris agreement's incremental impact over a previous Copenhagen agreement, and that it assumes the countries will not strengthen their commitments to fighting climate change after 2030. "President Trump made it clear that he was far more concerned about jobs in Pittsburgh than the opinion of bureaucrats in Paris, and for good reason".
Trump's announcement comes less than 18 months after the climate pact was adopted, the fruit of a hard-fought agreement between Beijing and Washington under Obama's leadership.
The day after President Donald Trump announced the US will withdraw from the Paris Agreement, it seemed White House officials were tasked with keeping the president's actual stance on climate change frustratingly ambiguous.
Earlier on Friday Baker - who didn't support Trump during last year's campaign and didn't vote for him - said he didn't think Trump's decision to withdraw from the agreement was the right thing for the country or the world. China and the European Union have joined hands to uphold their commitments.
"I think the rest of the world would like to tell us how to manage our own environment and I think that anybody in America can tell you that we're best to decide what America should do".
The pact is aimed at combating climate change around the world and helping nations adapt to its effects by requiring countries to present plans to reduce carbon emissions.
US Vice-President Mike Pence stood by his boss, saying: "What the world witnessed was an American president putting America first".
The banner read: "Climate denial, huuge mistake!"
President Donald Trump's Secretary of State Rex Tillerson lands in New Zealand on Tuesday.
The Paris agreement, which had been ratified by 195 countries, commits parties to put forward their nonbinding "best efforts", called "nationally determined contributions", in an attempt to hold the increase in average global temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Then came a longish period, from the foundation of the United Nations in 1945 to the arms control agreements of the 1960s and 70s, when American leadership actually did make the world a safer place.
"Chicago is already 40 percent of the way toward fulfilling the Paris agreement and the goals set". In developing countries, in addition to fuelling the economy, particularly in Africa and Asia renewable energy started servicing an increasing number of those who previously had little hope of energy.
"Dress in your most patriotic, red, white, and blue outfit", the email instructs, including jabs at the mainstream media for keeping Trump "under siege".
China and India are two of the world's largest carbon polluters. "We need to measure our greatness by our ability to provide clean water and clean air to our citizens". Trump has loosened rules and proposed massive budget cuts to environmental protection.
France is taunting the United States on the Paris Agreement - again.
