One year from today, the United States will become the only country in the world that is not a signatory to the 2015 Paris climate accord. That is, if Donald Trump gets his way.
Yesterday the Trump Administration began the year-long process of leaving the Paris Agreement. But around the world, leaders view it as anything but certain that the U.S. will actually leave. It will all depend on the American election, as Pascal Canfin, the chair of the EU Parliament’s environment committee, pointed out.