Climate Changed
Everyone But Donald Trump Is Standing By the Paris Climate Agreement
- France’s Macron tells Trump the accord can’t be renegotiated
- From Brazil to China, nations reaffirm pledge to cut emissions
Why U.S. Paris Accord Dropout Won't Kill Climate Pact
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Global leaders vowed to press ahead with the Paris climate accord after Donald Trump pulled the world’s biggest economy out of the pact, and Europe’s heavy hitters rebuffed the American president’s suggestion that it could be renegotiated.
Trump said he’ll seek a better deal because the 2015 agreement isn’t fair to the U.S., which will now join Syria and Nicaragua as the only nations not participating in it. Meanwhile, from China to Chile, leaders doubled down on their Paris commitments rather than follow in Trump’s footsteps -- widening a gulf between America and the rest of the world already on display at the Group of Seven’s weekend meetings.