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"President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from the world’s
overarching treaty on climate change in a move that escalates his attempts to
reverse years of global negotiations toward addressing rising temperatures.
The announcement to sever ties with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate
Change came as Trump quit dozens of international organizations that the White
House said no longer serve U.S. interests by promoting what it called radical
climate policies and other issues.
Trump has pressured other countries to abandon their carbon-cutting measures,
and the move appears to be his latest attempt to destabilize global climate
cooperation.
The 1992 UNFCCC serves as the international structure for efforts by 198
countries to slow the rate of rising climate pollution. It has universal
participation. The U.S. was the first industrialized nation to join the treaty
following its ratification under former President George H.W. Bush — and it
will be the only nation ever to leave it.
The move marks an intensifying effort by Trump to topple climate efforts
compared to his first term, when he decided against quitting the treaty."
Via Joyce Donahue.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
