Trump leaving the Paris Agreement is ‘mostly symbolic.’ What does it actually mean?

Sat, 8 Feb 2025 06:18:24 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://grist.org/politics/us-leaving-paris-agreement-trump-deregulatory-agenda/>

"The United States’ second exit from the Paris Agreement wasn’t unexpected.
Even before he was reelected, now-president Donald Trump had promised for
months that he would pull the country out of the United Nations pact to limit
global warming: the Paris climate “rip-off,” as he called it.

Still, the sound of Trump’s black Sharpie scratching across the signature line
of an executive order — “Putting America First In International Environmental
Agreements” — seemed to reverberate around the world this week, as climate
experts, diplomats, and concerned laypeople watched the world’s largest
historical emitter of greenhouse gases turn its back on the accord."

Via What Could Go Right? Take It to Court
https://theprogressnetwork.org/trump-executive-orders-legal-challenges/

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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