TRUMP’S QUITTING PARIS DEAL WILL NOT PREVENT RENEWABLES GROWTH AND CARBON EMISSIONS’ DECLINE, SAY EXPERTS
June 1st, 2017
Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the 2015 Paris Climate Treaty will not halt moves to cut fossil fuels or reduce decarbonisation requirements on the non-energy minerals sector and other industries, say experts.
Trump called for a new "fair" deal that would not disadvantage US businesses and workers and claimed that China and India had "no meaningful obligations" placed on them by the agreement.
Yet far from triggering a collapse of the treaty, analysts say the US move has, if anything, bolstered determination to enforce it. The ...
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