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Published on Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Trump Set To Destroy Paris Climate Change Agreement

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Trump Set To Destroy Paris Climate Change Agreement
The Paris climate change agreement was a pact made by 195 countries in order to address the global concern of climate change and global warming. Its ratifiers have agreed to work together and lower carbon emissions in order to keep the global temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius per year. While adopted in December 2015, the agreement did not enter into force until November 4, 2016.  Four days later, Donald Trump was named president-elect of the United States and everything changed. 

Why Trump is awful for the environment

As we’ve reported before, Trump is a menace to the environment. He has referred to climate change as a hoax and refuses to believe that global warming is a human-caused problem. In his 100 day plan, Trump outlines a number of terrifying strategies he wants to employ that will seriously hurt the environment and success of the Paris Agreement. First, Trump has made no secret of his wish to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement entirely and back out of many other climate change plans, like Obama’s Clean Power Act. Secondly, Trump has vowed to encourage growth in the fossil fuel industry and support other eco disasters, like the highly controversial Dakota Access pipeline. Lastly, Trump has stated that he plans to redirect money designated for the United Nations.  

The people are pushing back 
People across the globe are pushing back on Trump’s environmentally friendless demands and urging him to save Americans, and the world, from climate chaos. Many green groups point to Trump’s moral and legal obligation to meet the international commitments his country has made. They believe it will be environmental and economic self sabotage if he does not. 

The fact is, the rest of the world will not wait and risk destruction because of the United States. Even China, a controversial player in the climate change game, has come out in support of green plans. China has stated that working to fight against climate change is important for their economy, efficiency and air quality. China, along with the rest of the world, is hoping Trump will live up to his responsibility to protect his people and the world by joining in the fight against climate change. Because even though the world will not wait on the US before taking action, the United States is still the second biggest producer of greenhouse gas emissions globally. 

There is still hope

Luckily, we still have hope. The French environment minister who helped to craft the Paris Agreement shared that the agreement states no country may exit for a period of three years. And after the three years, they must give a one year warning before leaving. This would buy the world four years to try and make Trump see reason, assuming that he will follow the rules about exiting the agreement. Given his history, many fear this will not be the case.

The Paris Agreement was also signed by the United States, not by a man, and so the country is legally responsible to uphold it. You can bet the other countries of the world will do their best to ensure Trump remembers this. In fact, many have threatened that if Trump pulls the US out of the Paris Agreement, he will face difficulties in his other international relations. 

The majority of Americans believe that climate change is real, is a product of human carbon emissions and that working to stop it is a priority. Let’s just hope our next president soon learns to feel the same way. If the facts don’t convince him, maybe the economic incentive will. America is already leading the way in technological advancement in renewable energy. With this being a field in such high demand, America is poised to turn a profit and create many jobs in the green energy industry. What do you think of that, Trump?

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