Trump slams the Paris Climate Accord

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Trump slams the Paris Climate Accord and says it was designed to destroy the American economy - as Biden looks set to rejoin it
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Trump slams the Paris Climate Accord and says it was designed to destroy the American economy - as Biden looks set to rejoin it
President Donald Trump railed against the Paris climate accord on Sunday, telling world leaders it was designed to cripped the American economy
'To protect American workers, I withdrew the United States from the unfair and one-sided Paris climate accord, a very unfair act for the United States,' he said
His comments came during a discussion among the world's largest economies on safeguarding the Earth
President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office in January, has said he will rejoin the global pact that the U.S. helped forge five years ago
By ASSOCIATED PRESS

PUBLISHED: 16:43 BST, 22 November 2020 | UPDATED: 14:02 BST, 23 November 2020

President Donald Trump railed against the Paris climate accord on Sunday, telling world leaders at a virtual summit that the agreement was designed to cripple the U.S. economy, not save the planet.

'To protect American workers, I withdrew the United States from the unfair and one-sided Paris climate accord, a very unfair act for the United States,' Trump said in a video statement from the White House to the Group of 20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia.

His comments came during a discussion among the world's largest economies on safeguarding the Earth.
President Donald Trump railed against the Paris climate accord Sunday during the virtual G20, saying that the climate agreement, which President-elect Joe Biden plans to rejoin, was designed to destroy the America economy
Trump left the G20 early and went golfing Sunday, which has been a regular weekend activity since he lost the election, though the president continues to refuse to concede to Biden
President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office in January, has said he will rejoin the global pact that the U.S. helped forge five years ago.

Trump contended the international accord was 'not designed to save the environment. It was designed to kill the American economy.'

Trump, who has worked to undo most of President Barack Obama's efforts to fight climate change, said that since withdrawing from the climate agreement, the U.S. has reduced carbon emissions more than any nation.

That is true, but not that remarkable.

With its giant economy, the U.S. has far more raw emissions of climate-damaging carbon dioxide to cut than any other country except China.

A more telling measure of progress in various countries is to look at what percentage of emissions a county has cut. Since 2005, the United States hasn´t been even in the top 10 in percentage of greenhouse gas emission reductions.

More than 180 nations have ratified the accord, which aims to keep the increase in average temperatures worldwide 'well below' 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) and ideally no more than 1.5C (2.7 F), compared with pre-industrial levels.

Scientists say that any rise beyond 2 degrees Celsius could have a devastating impact on large parts of the world, raising sea levels, stoking tropical storms and worsening droughts and floods.

The U.S. formally exited the Paris pact on Nov. 4.