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Trump’s Paris Exit Timing Complicates Future Of Global Carbon Efforts

January 6, 2020
President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris Agreement this November complicates the near future of global efforts to tackle climate change, as other countries face calls to ramp up carbon cuts even as Trump’s move appears to be slowing momentum for such strategies. Several consequential events for international climate policy are looming this year, highlighted by a December deadline for countries to strengthen their greenhouse gas targets under the Paris deal. This comes shortly...


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