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Donald Trump has once again pulled the United States out of this milestone Paris climate agreementAnd abandoning global efforts to limit climate change. Trump signed an executive order today to exit.
The Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, which committed nearly 200 countries, including the United States, to work together to prevent average global temperatures from rising to levels much higher than they already were. 2024 was The hottest year on recordby defeating The previous record was set in 2023.
Rachel Cletus, policy director and chief economist at the Climate and Development Organization, said the exit from the Paris Agreement “represents a clear challenge to the scientific facts and shows that the administration is callously indifferent to the harsh climate change impacts that people in the United States and around the world are experiencing.” Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists said in an email statement.
Our planet’s climate has remained relatively constant Stable over the past 11,000 years Or so, supporting the rise of agriculture and civilization as we know it, up until the Industrial Revolution. The Paris Agreement aims to keep global temperatures within limits Almost the same temperature rangePrevent temperatures from rising more than 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius.
Trump took the United States out of the Paris Agreement the last time he took office. Former President Joe Biden renewed his commitment When he takes office in 2021. Now, the United States will join Iran, Libya and Yemen As the only countries that have not joined the international agreement. It will take One year As of the date the Trump administration sends notification to the United Nations before the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement becomes official.
