China and Europe have pledged to unite to save “Mother Earth” in the face of US President Donald Trump’s decision to take the world’s second largest carbon polluter out of the Paris climate change pact.
Key points:
- French President Emmanuel Macron says it is time “to make the planet great again”
- China and Europe pledge to unite to uphold the Paris Climate agreement
- Trump announced the US would leave the pact, saying it disadvantaged the US to the benefit of other countries
Others, including Australia and India, signalled their commitment to the accord, but Russian President Vladimir Putin said that while the United States should have remained in the 2015 deal, he would not judge Mr Trump.
Tapping into the “America First” message he used on the election trail, Mr Trump announced…
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