The decision drew anger and condemnation from world leaders and business chiefs, many of them anxious a USA exit would put the planet at risk and leave the United States behind in a global shift away from fossil fuels.
Following President Trump's withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, Chris Noyce, Parliamentary Affairs Executive for ADBA looks at the implications for those working in the anaerobic digestion and low-carbon sector.
Trump objected to former president Obama committing $3bn to the Green Climate Fund without authorisation from Congress, and said the accord gave "countries like China a free pass for years to come" on emissions.
What caused Trump to make such a stupid judgment despite pleas from daughter Ivanka as well as advice from lifelong oil executive and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson not to withdraw from the Paris accord?
· The US will no longer be able to slow down negotiations - One benefit of the US being out of the Agreement and out of the UNFCCC more broadly may be that faster progress will be able to be made on climate negotiations without Trump trying to derail the process.
Trump announced last Thursday he would withdraw the USA from the landmark Paris agreement, and would try to renegotiate the deal and reenter the agreement - something that European leaders have said was not a possibility.
On June 1, Trump announced USA withdrawal from the Paris deal and claimed that India had made its participation in the agreement "contingent on receiving billions and billions and billions dollars in foreign aid".
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The play is part of the city's free Shakespeare in the Park festival in Central Park. Caesar's assassination, by stabbing, is one of the play's most famous scenes.
On Monday, Union external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj rejected the charge and said India did not sign the Paris climate pact under pressure from any country or for the lure of money.
"Our signature in the pact was not because of greed, it was not because of fear".
The world answers Trump by saying, "We believe in science, which tells us that the Earth's fragile ecosystem must be protected".
· Trump doesn't speak for the whole of the US - States, municipalities, and businesses large and small in the US have stated that they will continue to invest in low-carbon technologies irrespective of whether the US is formally part of the Paris Agreement.
Modi said India has traditionally been respecting nature and desisted from exploiting it while addressing the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.
He added: "We will not accept a future in which rising sea levels destroy more communities; where devastating natural disasters become the norm; where future generations face greater risk of drought; and where disease and poverty are exacerbated by the extreme impacts of a changing climate".
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