WASHINGTON –
UPDATE 22.15 hours – The United States steps out of the climate treaty of Paris. The American president Donald Trump has Thursday announced in the garden of the White House.
The termination of the treaty was already expected. According to Trump cost of the agreement to the American citizen to a lot of money. He wants to start negotiating a better agreement. Trump thinks he’s four years needs to use his country to the treaty.
’Not intended to improve climate’
Trump summed up in his declaration a series of disadvantages of the treaty for his country. The changes that the countries have to enter in the USA associated with the loss of millions of jobs in for example the automotive industry and energy sector.
The treaty is costing America a fortune and that will Trump his people, the workers and the taxpayers, not do. “This treaty is not intended for improvement of the climate, but for countries to take advantage of the USA,” said Trump.
“It weakens America’
According to Trump, is the treaty of Paris was not the end but a beginning, and there would be much be asked of the US as the country in the agreement would continue. “I have as president the duty of the American people to protect against future attacks on our sovereignty. The treaty of Paris undermines America’s economy, weakened our sovereignty and turn America in a constant catching up with the rest of the world. It is time for the convention to leave,” said Trump.
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Trump announced to immediately stop payments to the Green Climate Fund, a fund of the United Nations. Through this fund, created in the run-up to the negotiations on the treaty of Paris, is money from developed countries to developing countries for measures against climate change. The US pay converted more than 2.5 billion dollars and are the largest donor.
Legacy Obama undone’
By now, the treaty, dismantles Trump the political legacy of former president Barack Obama. The Republican president stopped before a large part of the climate change policy of his predecessor. The goal was to create more jobs by rules to be deleted.
It is still unclear how the White House, the American participation in the klimaatpact want to cancel. Such a process could can last for years. There is according to the sources, is still being worked on by a small team, where among others the chief of the U.s. Environmental protection (EPA), Scott Pruitt, is a part of.