US prepares for climate backlash as 109 countries sign Paris agreement

摘要

The election of Donald Trump has provoked alarm among policymakers and industry bodies, who fear he will row back on the emissions reductions that they have worked towards in recent months. As climate leaders met in Marrakech, Morocco to officially sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change last month, committing the 109 signatories to firm targets on carbon reduction, US policymakers pointedly used the opportunity to make clear that the nation did not share the President-Elect's views.