”Drar oss ur avtalet om vi inte får bättre villkor”
USA:s inställning är fortfarande att man ska dra sig ur det klimatavtal som slöts i Paris 2015. Det säger Donald Trumps ekonomisk-politiske rådgivare Gary Cohn efter att ha träffat ett dussintal miljö-, energi-, och utrikesministrar från olika länder på ett informellt frukostmöte inför FN:s generalförsamlings möte i New York.
I ett uttalande meddelar Vita huset att man drar sig ur avtalet om man inte kan få till stånd villkor som är mer gynnsamma för USA.
– Vi gjorde klart var presidenten står, och var regeringen står, sade Cohn efter mötet.
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Wikipedia (en)
The Paris Agreement (French: Accord de Paris), Paris climate accord or Paris climate agreement, is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020. The language of the agreement was negotiated by representatives of 196 parties at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC in Paris and adopted by consensus on 12 December 2015. As of August 2017, 195 UNFCCC members have signed the agreement, 158 of which have ratified it.
In the Paris Agreement, each country determines, plans and regularly reports its own contribution it should make in order to mitigate global warming. There is no mechanism to force a country to set a specific target by a specific date, but each target should go beyond previously set targets.
In 2017, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the agreement, causing widespread condemnation in the European Union and many sectors in the United States.
In July 2017, France’s environment minister Nicolas Hulot announced France’s five-year plan to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of the Paris Agreement. Hulot also stated that France would no longer use coal to produce electricity after 2022 and that up to €4bn will be invested in boosting energy efficiency.
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