World leaders, senior ministers and key figures in climate diplomacy have, one by one, reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris agreement this week, in response to the order by Donald Trump to withdraw the US from the pact.
World leaders, senior ministers and key figures in climate diplomacy have, one by one, reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris agreement this week, in response to the order by Donald Trump to withdraw the US from the pact.
The attitude in a lot of countries had been “China contributes xx% to global emissions, we only contribute y% so why should we trash our economy if China isn’t doing absolutely everything possible?” - add the US into that and that resistance is even harder to overcome