All of these risks are waking peoples and governments up to the fact that global warming has become a fundamental threat to the economies and the well-being of countries worldwide. The historic 2015 climate deal, which includes almost every country in the world, set goals to limit greenhouse gas emissions in order to help curb the rise of global temperatures.
President Trump announcing his decision to withdraw from the historic climate accord, June 1, 2017. In political observers' eyes, the announcement does not come as a surprise. The group intends to eventually submit a "Societal Nationally Determined Contribution" to the United Nations.
Trump has referred to this whole issue as being a hoax in the past, and he has become quite famous for being a climate change denier.
Former Vice President Al Gore, a champion of environmental causes who tried personally to persuade Trump to keep the United States in the agreement, echoed Kerry. According to the poll, 55 percent of people thought the decision would hurt USA leadership and 51 percent thought it would hurt global efforts to address climate change.
The US now joins Nicaragua and Syria in not being a part of the Paris Agreement.
The alliance also commits states to meeting or exceeding the targets of the federal Clean Power Plan, an Obama administration program that Trump also dismantled since taking office that would have required power plants to reduce carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions.
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"I think the rest of the world would like to tell us how to manage our own environment and I think that anybody in America can tell you that we're best to decide what America should do", Indian-American Haley was quoted as saying by CBS News.
The former secretary of state repeatedly criticized the president for failing to acknowledge the economic benefits of sustainable energy, and that climate change exists at all.
Climate change is a global challenge, from which no country can stand aloof.
The biggest names in the tech industry have joined a growing coalition of businesses and civic organizations committed to honoring the Paris climate accord, despite no federal support for the agreement.
President Donald Trump does believe the world's climate is changing and humans bear some responsibility, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in an interview.
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