The Administration today announced its decision to officially withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. This starts a one-year withdrawal period ending on November 4, 2020 at which point the United States will no longer be a signatory to the first global commitment to fight the climate crisis. In response, WWF-US President and CEO Carter Roberts issued the following statement:
“This announcement by the President, while not a surprise, continues the US federal government’s abdication of global climate leadership. This matters because it sends the wrong signal to other nations – that the world’s largest economy doesn’t take this issue seriously – at a moment when we badly need to move farther and faster to reduce emissions. The most recent IPCC report found that climate-induced sea-level rise alone threatens to impact one billion people by 2050.
read more … www.worldwildlife.org/press-releases/wwf-statement-on-paris-withdrawal
