BRUSSELS –
“A sad, sad day for the world, the day on which the United States turned away from the fight against climate change. The EU regrets this unilateral decision deeply.”
That was the first reaction from Brussels, EU-commissioner Miguel Arias Canete (Climate and Energy) – Thursday night on president Donald Trumps announcement that the U.S. withdraw from the climate deal Paris 2015. His predecessor, Barack Obama had his signature.