After Trump's victory, China may lead the Paris Agreement

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As we all know, Donald Trump he has been elected president of the United States. The bad news for the environment is that for Trump climate change does not exist, therefore, he intends to remove the US from Paris Agreement.

The United States is the second country that discharges the most greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. The arrival of Donald Trump to the presidency has caused a stupor in the climate summit (COP22) in Marrakech. However, most countries have reaffirmed their support in the fight against climate change. Now it is China, the country that discharges the most greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, is willing to champion the climate agreement.

China intends to continue its idea of ​​making an energy transition to an economy low carbon. Air pollution in China is a very serious problem for citizens. The high concentrations of air pollutants from the coal industry mean that many citizens cannot go out without masks. In addition, many people suffer and die from respiratory diseases.

A member of the Chinese delegation stated that the energy transition that China is having is an unstoppable movement and that because there is a new government in the United States they will not stop. The decision is firm and although the US president does not believe or want to participate in the fight against climate change, China will not back down. The efforts of the Chinese community will continue to grow.

Trump's electoral victory has been a great stick for the climate summit held in Marrakech where about 200 countries They are agreeing on the rules that the recently entered into force Paris Agreement must follow. It is recalled with concern that, in the past, the departure of George Bush of the Kyoto protocol encouraged the other developed countries not to continue with the climate agreement. They fear that Trump's intentions will have the same effect.

The new president of the United States and climate change

Donald Trump has already expressed on several occasions, both in his candidacy and now in his presidency, that climate change It is a sham invented by the Chinese in order to increase their competitiveness. In his candidacy, he promised that, if president, he would cancel the ratification of the Paris Agreement and withdraw funds from all UN programs and activities that are related to climate change.

He has already announced that, among his first ten measures upon reaching the White House, one of them would be to cancel payments to programs related to climate change. This is a serious problem for the climate, considering that the US is the second country responsible for global emissions. It will also be very negative for those developing countries that want to contribute to the Paris Agreement, while developing technologically without damaging the climate. This is because the United States along with the EU is one of the largest donors in climate finance. In the financing budget it is described about 3.000 million dollars committed until 2020. So far, Obama has only paid 500 million euros of the total.

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All the countries that have ratified the Paris Agreement are waiting to see if Trump finally makes the decision to withdraw funds or change the way he manages his legislature. The intention of all countries is that the efforts and policies adopted have global impact and serve as an example for countries that have not yet ratified it.

The president of COP22, Salahedin Mezuar, has made the following claim:

“The Paris Agreement will not stop working because one of the parties leaves, the rest of the countries are here to ensure that it will move forward and we are convinced that the American citizens are fully committed to this fight against the greatest problem. facing humanity "


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