Trump withdraws US from Paris climate agreement, again

The prediction is that the US is going to need 35 gigawatts of power in a year just to train its large language models,

said the academic at business school INSEAD

What that means is that then the financing available to the developing economies to deal with climate change themselves and to try and adopt cleaner energy measures for themselves will now become much less,

said Dr Rao

From the rest of the world's perspective, they're going to shake their heads and then stop taking the US seriously. So this will push back all of the climate change initiatives considerably for five years, at least, if not more,

said Prof Dutt

In 2017 … we saw straight away some of the countries wobbling a bit and saying ‘maybe we won't commit’,

said Ms Clarkson

But it remains to be seen just how engaged the nation will be,

she said

Many of these countries actually also have to step up on the climate initiative, and I don't see them doing that (now),

he said

The climate fight will be won or lost now in Asia, and Climate Group’s working with a lot of countries and companies in Asia, but it's really critical that we hold the path,

she said

Keeping to 1.5 degrees is quite simply a matter of survival,

Ethiopia’s top climate official Debasu Bayleyegn Eyasu, who chaired the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), a group of developing nations most threatened by climate change, said at the May 2017 climate talks in Germany

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As the world's largest economy and top historical emitter, the US has a major responsibility in tackling global climate change. By exiting the Paris Agreement again, it shirks these duties. This is unfair to developing countries that have contributed little to emissions but are heavily impacted by climate change."

Ma Jun, director of the Beijing-based Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, said

It is the policy of my administration to put the interests of the United States and the American people first."

The order stated

A band of governors, mayors and other leaders are committed to stand their ground and enact low-carbon policies that cut costs, create jobs, and build cleaner communities.”

But, Weyl said

Ani Dasguptapresident and CEO of World Resources Institute

While the US administration retreats, states, cities, and businesses across the US will continue driving climate action forward,

Dasgupta said in a statement released on Monday

It dealt a major blow to global climate governance and ambition,

she added

Moreover these agreements steer American taxpayer dollars to countries that do not require, or merit, financial assistance in the interests of the American people,

the order said

The WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the United States, far out of proportion with other countries’ assessed payments. China with a population of 1.4 billion, has 300 per cent of the population of the United States, yet contributes nearly 90 per cent less to the WHO,

the order said

Trump's plan aims to lower current oil prices and support traditional industries. However, the global trend is toward a green and low-carbon future. Unlike eight years ago, people now can see the opportunities in green transitions, which have already spurred economic growth in many regions,

he said

One of the main reasons that countries are not legally required to actually meet the emissions reduction pledges they put forward under the Paris Agreement is because the Obama administration indicated that with the increased political polarization around climate change over the two decades following the Rio Earth Summit, obtaining 67 votes in support of the agreement in the U.S. Senate would have been challenging,

said veteran climate analyst Alden Meyer of the European think-tank E3G

Formally, there is no agreement on how much the U.S. should provide. However, our work on Fair Shares – based on U.S. historical emissions and ability to pay - finds that the U.S. contribution should be $44.6 billion per year,

Mercy Corps climate lead Debbie Hillier said in an email

The countries themselves” decide what it's in those goals with no punishment for countries missing goals

Depledge said

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First, the internal fight between different groups advocating for clean energy and those supporting traditional energy may intensify. Second, it could push the US into a backward position in industries such as new energy vehicles, especially at a time when clean energy is the trend in global development,

Xu said