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Paris climate deal: Trump pulls US out of 2015 accord
President Donald Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
He said moves to negotiate a new "fair" deal that would not disadvantage US businesses and workers would begin.
Mr Trump said during last year's presidential election campaign that he would take the step to help his country's oil and coal industries.
Opponents say withdrawing from the accord is an abdication of US leadership on a key global challenge.
The Paris agreement commits the US and 187 other countries to keeping global temperatures
rises "well below" 2C (3.6F) and "endeavour to limit" them even more,
to 1.5C.
Only Syria and Nicaragua did not sign up to the deal.
(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40127326)
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"President Trump's speech was confused nonsense," said Bob Ward from the
UK's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change.
"He announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement
on climate change, while also launching negotiations to re-enter the Agreement.
"But the Agreement states that no country can withdraw within three years of it
coming into force, and the process of withdrawal takes a further year to complete.
Mr Ward continued: "That means the United States cannot complete withdrawal
from the Paris Agreement before 5 November 2020, the day after the next
Presidential election in the United States.
So Mr Trump will not have withdrawn from the Agreement within this Presidential term."
President Donald Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
He said moves to negotiate a new "fair" deal that would not disadvantage US businesses and workers would begin.
Mr Trump said during last year's presidential election campaign that he would take the step to help his country's oil and coal industries.
Opponents say withdrawing from the accord is an abdication of US leadership on a key global challenge.
The Paris agreement commits the US and 187 other countries to keeping global temperatures
rises "well below" 2C (3.6F) and "endeavour to limit" them even more,
to 1.5C.
Only Syria and Nicaragua did not sign up to the deal.
(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40127326)
pp/
"President Trump's speech was confused nonsense," said Bob Ward from the
UK's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change.
"He announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement
on climate change, while also launching negotiations to re-enter the Agreement.
"But the Agreement states that no country can withdraw within three years of it
coming into force, and the process of withdrawal takes a further year to complete.
Mr Ward continued: "That means the United States cannot complete withdrawal
from the Paris Agreement before 5 November 2020, the day after the next
Presidential election in the United States.
So Mr Trump will not have withdrawn from the Agreement within this Presidential term."
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