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Trump begins formal US withdrawal from Paris Agreement
US will leave climate deal one day after 2020 presidential election, although a Democrat winner could reenter almost immediately
NGO demands Trump-Pruitt emails on Paris withdrawal
The Center for Biological Diversity is seeking documents that influenced the US president’s decision to leave the Paris climate agreement
A bottle of brandy that Trump won’t leave the Paris deal. Any takers?
Trump’s US remains firmly in the Paris climate deal. Richard Black reckons that’s how it will stay and he’s prepared to put his brandy where his mouth is
Trump lays groundwork for staying in Paris Agreement
After notifying the UN that he intends to leave the Paris climate deal, the prospect of Donald Trump doing so seems increasingly uncertain
Trump letter to UN on leaving Paris climate accord – in full
Trump’s communication with the UN and media release clarified some details and set the scene for political manoeuvring to come
Trump to submit notice of Paris withdrawal to UN
White House to write to UN to inform of US intention to withdraw from climate deal, but remain engaged in hope of securing “more favourable” terms
If US states are really ‘still in’ Paris, here’s what they need to do
The Paris accord isn’t only about cutting emissions, some states are already finding ways to meet climate finance commitments
Germany ‘massively weakened’ draft G20 climate plan to appease Trump
Latest draft of German plan for next week’s Hamburg meeting contains major concessions to US and opens door for coal projects to be defined as “clean”
End of coal: Failure to see it coming will hurt miners most
History shows governments that don’t anticipate and make provisions for the decline of coal burden communities for generations
US cities and states back Paris deal but ignore climate finance
Several US states and cities have committed to cut emissions despite president Trump, but only Seattle remembered cash commitments to the developing world
Seattle pledges support for climate fund barred by Trump
Council resolution goes beyond backing emissions reductions, stepping up to honour the financial commitments made by the US
FORE! Trump’s Paris speech was an awful mishit
The golf-loving president says he will pull the US from the Paris agreement. The UN’s renewable energy chief explains why that’s dumb in terms he’d understand
Poor world calls for climate finance to fill Trump void
US climate finance axe exposes poor communities worldwide, say negotiators and aid experts, putting pressure on other countries to step up
Coal industry begs Congress to save carbon capture from Trump
Future of US carbon capture and storage looks shaky after Trump tried to cut domestic research then choked off access to international collaboration
Trump hasn’t actually left the Paris climate deal. Not yet
Despite the headlines and Donald Trump’s rhetoric, the official US position remains unchanged and where things go from here are unclear
EU-China: New ‘climate leaders’ are also enamoured of fossil fuels
Gas imports to Europe from the US and massive future coal burning in China undermine the rhetoric of the world’s new self-proclaimed climate spearheads
Club of Rome president: climate sanctions on US ‘a lovely idea’
“I suspect he is a loser president,” says Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker. But conceded trade barrier from the EU were unlikely
Trump desire to renegotiate Paris deal ‘incoherent’ and ‘clumsy’
Trump’s speech was “divisive”, “unnecessarily isolating” and utterly misunderstood the agreement from which he has now withdrawn, experts said
EU-China climate statement is a manifesto for a new global order
The ten-page document affirms, in extraordinarily strong language, that the EU and China intend to make the US irrelevant