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How fair is it for Trump to walk out of Paris Agreement?

Friday 02 June 2017
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US withdrawal weakens Paris Agreement: Chandra Bhushan

Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General, Centre for Science and Environment, talks about how the US withdrawal has changed the nature of the Paris Agreement
 
Analysis

Setback for clean innovation, boost to fossil fuels

USA’s exit from the Paris Agreement can lead to a higher degree of global temperature rise, with widespread impacts

Trump’s remark on India’s coal usage highly misleading

This is the second time that US has blamed India and China for pulling out of the climate agreement

Derailment of climate action will be catastrophic for India

With major GHG emitter backing off, any action to combat climate change will be insufficient, and that's not good news for India
Reactions

Once again, US walks away from global climate agreement

Without the US being held accountable for reducing its share of emissions, the world cannot keep warming “well below 2°C”

Trump calls Paris Agreement ‘unfair’, but how fair is his claim?

Trump’s speech on withdrawing from climate deal punctuated by half-truths and exaggerations

Time for China and Europe to lead, as Trump dumps the Paris climate deal

Trump's decision of withdrawing from Paris Agreement leaves China and Europe with the job of preventing other nations from following suit

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