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The Paris Agreement and…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2022-01-10:5313775:Comment:1281422022-01-10T13:14:45.912ZMichael Grovehttp://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<h4><strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/main/search/search?q=THE+PARIS+AGREEMENT" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Paris Agreement</a></strong> and Trump <strong>• </strong>Following through on a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/us/politics/donald-trump-global-warming-energy-policy.html">campaign promise</a>,…</h4>
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<h4><strong><a href="http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/main/search/search?q=THE+PARIS+AGREEMENT" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Paris Agreement</a></strong> and Trump <strong>• </strong>Following through on a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/us/politics/donald-trump-global-warming-energy-policy.html">campaign promise</a>, Trump—a climate denier who has claimed climate change is a “<a href="https://www.nrdc.org/trump-watch/president-trump-withdraws-united-states-global-climate-agreement">hoax</a>”—<a href="https://www.nrdc.org/experts/rhea-suh/america-trump-we-are-still">announced</a> in June 2017 his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/06/05/withdrawing-from-the-paris-deal-takes-four-years-our-next-president-could-join-again-in-30-days/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2645199b00b3">officially pulled</a> the nation out on November 4, 2020—the earliest possible date under the agreement and a day after the presidential election. Thankfully, even a formal withdrawal can be reversed since a future president can rejoin.</h4>
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<h4><strong> How Many Countries Are in the Paris Agreement</strong>?<br/><br/></h4>
<p> Since 2015, <strong><a href="https://unfccc.int/process/the-paris-agreement/status-of-ratification">197</a> <a href="https://unfccc.int/process/the-paris-agreement/status-of-ratification">countries</a></strong>—nearly every nation on earth, with the </p>
<p> last signatory being <strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/climate/syria-joins-paris-agreement.html">war-torn Syria</a></strong>—have endorsed the Paris</p>
<p> Agreement. Of those, 190 have solidified their support with <strong><a href="https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVII-7-d&chapter=27&clang=_en">formal</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVII-7-d&chapter=27&clang=_en"><strong> approva</strong>l</a>. The major emitting countries that have yet to formally join</p>
<p> the agreement are <a href="https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/08/13/countries-yet-ratify-paris-agreement/"><strong>Iran</strong>, <strong>Turkey, and</strong></a> <strong><a href="https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/08/13/countries-yet-ratify-paris-agreement/">Iraq</a></strong>.</p>
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