{"id":13908,"date":"2019-11-05T07:43:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T07:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=13908"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:19:34","slug":"trump-begins-year-long-process-to-formally-exit-paris-climate-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/11\/05\/trump-begins-year-long-process-to-formally-exit-paris-climate-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump begins year-long process to formally exit Paris climate agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump is moving to formally exit the Paris climate agreement, making the United States the only country in the world that will not participate in the pact, as global temperatures are set to rise 3C and worsening extreme weather will drive millions into poverty.<\/p>\n

The paperwork sent by the US government to withdraw begins a one-year process for exiting the deal agreed to at the UN climate change conference in Paris in 2015. The Trump administration will not be able to finalize its exit until a day after the presidential election in November 2020.<\/p>\n

The French presidential office said Emmanuel Macron and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping would sign a pact in Beijing on Wednesday that makes reference to the \u201cirreversibility\u201d of the Paris climate accord.<\/p>\n

The \u00c9lys\u00e9e palace official expressed disappointment at Trump\u2019s move,saying: \u201cWe regret this and this only makes the Franco-Chinese partnership on the climate and biodiversity more necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, announced the development on Monday afternoon, saying the agreement would be an \u201cunfair economic burden imposed on American workers, businesses and taxpayers\u201d and that the US has already reduced its heat-trapping emissions.<\/p>\n

But organizers of local city and state efforts to curb the crisis across America say the US is still trying to play a role in fighting the climate crisis, despite the actions of the federal government.<\/p>\n

Carl Pope, vice chair of the group America\u2019s Pledge, said its members \u2013 who are vowing to keep fighting the climate emergency \u2013 produce more than half the country\u2019s heat-trapping emissions and represent about 70% of the US<\/p>\n

gross domestic product. Another organization, the US Climate Alliance, includes the governors of 25 states, representing 55% of the US population.<\/p>\n

In the Paris agreement, the US agreed to cut its heat-trapping pollution at least 26% below 2005 levels by 2025.<\/p>\n

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Demonstrators protest Trump\u2019s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement in June 2017. Photograph: Scott Olson\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dozens of countries are also pursuing goals to reach net-zero emissions by<\/p>\n

2050. But they represent only about 11% of the world\u2019s climate footprint and exclude the biggest emitters: China, the US and India.<\/p>\n

Staying on par with those more advanced countries would require the US government to eliminate pollution from coal and natural gas powered electricity plants, transportation, manufacturing facilities and agriculture. Local action by itself is not likely to be enough.<\/p>\n