The U.S. appears poised to remain in the Paris Climate Agreement in name only, after senior members of the Trump administration met on Thursday to decide on the landmark agreement’s fate.
The treaty, which went into effect in November 2016, sets a goal of limiting global warming to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial levels through 2100.
Trump told Reuters on Thursday that he is inclined to stay in the pact, provided the U.S. is “treated fairly” in its obligations. Trump’s eventual decision on what to do about the agreement — which will come to a head in about two weeks — will help determine how much global warming the world will experience during the coming decades. Read more…
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