Abstract
President Donald Trump's announcement that the United States will exit from the Paris Agreement betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the way the agreement works. It also goes against long-agreed climate principles, and is blind to emergent clean energy trends. In practical terms, the US had activated a rollback of mitigation policies and contributions to climate finance prior to this announcement. Until there are changes in domestic US climate politics-of which there are positive signs-the US cannot be regarded a reliable partner for global climate cooperation.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 14-17 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Economic and Political Weekly |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| State | Published - Jun 17 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Sociology and Political Science
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- Political Science and International Relations