Exiting the Paris climate accord: Trump administration misses the rising tide

摘要

On June 1, 2017, US President Donald Trump announced that he had decided to withdraw his country from the 2015 Paris climate accord.1 The central aim of the Paris Agreement is to keep any global temperature rise this century well below 2°C above preindustrial levels.2 The international community is concerned that an eventual US withdrawal from the Paris accord, if it happens, will hurt international collaborative efforts to avoid dangerous climate change. Not only would exiting the Paris climate accord harm human and planetary health, but also the Trump administration will miss the rising tide of innovation and transformation of the next industrial revolution—renewable energy and zero-emission vehicles are among the best economic opportunities of our time.