United Nations stands firm on climate change despite USA plans to withdraw

Laurene Powell Jobs-the widow of Steve Jobs-said before President Trump pulled out of the agreement that doing so would be a "colossal mistake." One headline in Paris reads "CLIMATE GOODBYE AMERICA". The reason that nearly 200 countries adopted it in 2015 is because it allowed each signatory, regardless of size or gross domestic product, to create their own individualized plan to reduce carbon emissions. Small island nations, individual European leaders, and even Russian Federation, the largest emitter that has yet to formally adopt the agreement, said Friday it was likely to do so by 2020.

"It is just an economic decision that is handled differently in different countries".

Tapping into the "America First" message he used on the election trail, Trump announced the withdrawal on Thursday, saying that participating in the pact would undermine the US economy, wipe out U.S.jobs, weaken national sovereignty and put his country at a permanent disadvantage. Unfortunately, this publicity stunt has dire consequences.

Roth said he was less concerned that Trump's action would inspire other nations to leave the agreement and more concerned people would "look at America and say "These are insane people running a major country that don't seem to realize" the effects of climate change.

The US is now the second largest carbon emitter in the world.

The country doesn't need the Paris deal to cut emissions, Pruitt said.

While on the campaign trail, Trump called climate change a "hoax" that was invented by the Chinese. The business community can and must rise to meet the climate change challenge. I have not talked to the president about his personal views on what is contributing to climate change. Ten years ago, I spent quite a bit of time in the Persian Gulf as a naval officer. "I can get back to you", Spicer said.

The 1997 legally binding climate treaty that made it mandatory for industrialised countries to reduce their carbon emissions by specified amounts while developing countries had no obligations instead addressing developmental needs was their "overwhelming priority".

In a statement, Downing Street said the Prime Minister "expressed her disappointment with the decision and stressed that the United Kingdom remained committed to the Paris Agreement". In it, they contend Trump would have to scrap the Paris agreement in order for his executive action unwinding the Clean Power Plan to be successful.

Also today, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, voiced concern over the U.S. withdrawal from the Agreement.

China is already the world leader in solar and wind investments.

The governor of Hawaii has also pledged to continue concrete steps to implement the Paris accord, while governors of Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon and Virginia committed to clean air and clean energy. "The fight against climate change, and all the research, innovation and technological progress it will bring, will continue, with or without the U.S.". Acting on climate is the right thing to do for our economy, for our national security and for our place on the world stage.

On Thursday, US President Donald Trump announced that his nation would be withdrawing from the Paris climate deal, which is aimed at alleviating global warming due to the deteriorating environment.