Move reflects US president’s scepticism about climate change and his wish to free US oil and gas drillers from regulations
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.
Photograph: Saul Loeb/Pool/Getty Imageswill once again withdraw the United States from the Paris climate deal, the White House said on Monday, removing the world’s biggest historic emitter from global efforts to fightThe decision would place the United States alongside Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries in the world outside the 2015 pact, in which governments agreed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The announcement, in a document from the White House, reflects Trump’s scepticism about global warming, which he has called a hoax, and fits in with his broader agenda to unfetter US oil and gas drillers from regulation so they can maximise output. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is confident that US cities, states and businesses “will continue to demonstrate vision and leadership by working for the low-carbon, resilient economic growth that will create quality jobs”, said associate UN spokesperson Florencia Soto Nino, in a written statement.Right-wing figures jockey to be UK’s Trump whisperer as Keir Starmer is left to watch from afarUkraine and Russia turn to Trumpology – and flattery – to handle erratic new US leader "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." The United States is already the world’s top producer of oil and natural gas following a years-long drilling boom in Texas, New Mexico and elsewhere fuelled by fracking technology and strong global prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Trump also withdrew the US from the Paris deal during his first term in office, though the process took years and was immediately reversed by the Biden presidency in 2021. The withdrawal this time around is likely to take less time – as little as a year – because Trump will not be bound by the deal’s initial three-year commitment. 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 US is the world’s second-biggest greenhouse gas emitter behind China and its departure undermines global ambition to slash those emissions. "It will be harder this time because we are in the thick of implementation, up against real choices," Watkinson said. 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. Nations have already been struggling to make steep cuts to emissions required to lower the projected temperature increase, as wars, political tensions and tight government budgets push climate change down the list of priorities. Trump’s approach cuts a stark contrast to that of the former US president Joe Biden, who wanted the United States to lead global climate efforts and sought to encourage a transition away from oil and gas using subsidies and regulations. 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. Li Shuo, an expert in climate diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, said the US withdrawal risks undermining the United States’s ability to compete with China in clean energy markets such as solar power and electric vehicles. Trump inauguration as it happened: ‘We will be the envy of every nation,’ Donald Trump says as he becomes 47th US presidentRight-wing figures jockey to be UK’s Trump whisperer as Keir Starmer is left to watch from afarIreland’s 11 billionaires saw their wealth grow by a third to €50bn in 2024‘The phone would ring and it would be Mike Scott from the Waterboys or Bono from U2. Everyone wanted to talk to my father’ Trump inauguration as it happened: ‘We will be the envy of every nation,’ Donald Trump says as he becomes 47th US presidentTrump inauguration as it happened: ‘We will be the envy of every nation,’ Donald Trump says as he becomes 47th US presidentCork dog breeder warned by judge that he may face jail over his neglect of dogs and pups at his home
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