Move reflects US president’s scepticism about climate change and his wish to free US oil and gas drillers from regulations
Donald Trump speaks after being sworn in as US president on Monday. He has previously dismissed global warming as a hoax.
"It is crucial that the United States remains a leader on environmental issues," she said."The collective efforts under the Paris Agreement have made a difference but we need to go much further and faster together." This time could also be more damaging to global climate efforts, said Paul Watkinson, a former climate negotiator and senior policy adviser for France.
The world is now on pace for global warming of more than 3 degrees by the end of the century, according to a recent United Nations report, a level scientists warn would trigger cascading impacts such as sea level rise, heatwaves and devastating storms. Trump has said he intends to unwind those subsidies and regulations to shore up the nation’s budget and grow the economy, but has said he can do that while ensuring clean air and water in the United States.
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