Two economic leaders have resigned from Trump`s advisory boards in protest at his decision to step down. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, Inc. and SpaceX, resigned from the two presidential councils where he sat. Musk said: “Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or for the world. [179] [180] If the withdrawal takes effect, the United States will be the only UNFCCC member states not to have signed the Paris Agreement. At the time of the initial announcement of the withdrawal, Syria and Nicaragua were also not present; However, both Syria and Nicaragua have ratified the agreement, so the United States is the only UNFCCC member state that intends not to be a contracting party to the agreement. [48] Luke Kemp, of the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University, wrote in a commentary for Nature that “withdrawal is unlikely to change U.S. emissions” because “U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are disconnected from international legal obligations.” He added, however, that this could hamper efforts to mitigate climate change if the United States ceases to contribute to the Green Climate Fund. Kemp said the impact of a U.S. exit could be good or bad for the Paris agreement, because “an unseraunted American president can do more damage inside than outside the agreement.” Finally, “a withdrawal could also make the United States a climate pariah and provide China and the EU with a unique opportunity to take control of the climate regime and significantly strengthen their international reputation and soft power.” [16] On the other hand, there is the belief that China is not in a position to take control of the climate regime and that it should instead “help rebuild global leadership by replacing the Sino-Chinese G2 partnership with a climate 5 (C5) partnership comprising China, the EU, India, Brazil and South Africa.” [14] America`s formal exit from the Paris Agreement requires more than a declaration from the White House Rose Garden. Mr.
Trump`s decision is seen as largely symbolic, as it will take four years, and the country`s formal departure would end on November 4, 2020, the day after the next U.S. presidential election. Nevertheless, Trump`s announcement is a blow to the morals of the world (and to the enthusiasm associated with a growing sense of the global community around this issue). While many world leaders have expressed disappointment with Trump`s decision, they have also stressed their commitment to solving the problem of global warming with or without American participation. In addition, a coalition of U.S. states (led by the governors of Washington, California and New York) and a similar coalition of dozens of the country`s major urban cities quickly announced that they would maintain their commitments and support for the Paris Agreement. At a rose garden ceremony on June 1, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump declared his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. Trump argued that meeting the goals of the agreement, which was to control and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, would have a negative impact on job growth, hamper production and lead to dramatic declines in the coal mining, natural gas, steel and cement industries. He also stressed that the agreement had set unfair standards for U.S.
efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions, while it would allow developing countries such as China and India to provide greater flexibility to meet their own climate goals. Towards the end of his speech, Trump left open the possibility of renegotiating the agreement to give the United States a better deal that would serve the country`s interests: as part of his commitment to the Paris agreement, the United States promised to reduce its emissions by 26 percent by 2025 to 28 percent from 2005 levels.
