It was a ridiculous accord anyhow, full of hot air and empty promises, just a feel good agreement for government officials

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Paris climate deal: Trump announces US will withdraw - BBC News

President Donald Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement.


He said moves to negotiate a new "fair" deal that would not disadvantage US businesses and workers would begin.


Mr Trump said during last year's presidential election campaign that he would take the step to help his country's oil and coal industries. Opponents say withdrawing from the accord is an abdication of US leadership on a key global challenge.


The Paris agreement commits the US and 187 other countries to keeping global temperatures rises "well below" 2C (3.6F) and "endeavour to limit" them even more, to 1.5C. Only Syria and Nicaragua failed to sign up to the deal.


Speaking in the White House Rose Garden, Mr Trump characterised the Paris agreement as a deal that aimed to hobble, disadvantage and impoverish the US.


He claimed the agreement would cost the US $3tn in lost GDP and 6.5 million jobs - while rival economies like China and India were treated more favourably.

"In order to fulfil my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens, the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord... but begin negotiations to re-enter either the Paris accord or a really entirely new transaction on terms that are fair to the United States, its businesses, its workers, its people, its taxpayers," he said.


"So we're getting out but we will start to negotiate and we will see if we can make a deal that's fair."