One hundred and ninety-four countries have signed on to the Paris Agreement. If and when Trump decides to pull out of the accord, the United States joins Syria and Nicaragua as the only non-signatories.
Nicaragua, which contributes 0.03 percent to global greenhouse gas emissions, rejected the agreement because they didn’t believe it went far enough.
“We’re not going to submit because voluntary responsibilities is a path to failure,” according to Dr. Paul Oquist, Nicaragua’s representative to the 2015 talks in Paris.“It’s a failed mechanism that’s leading us down the road to 3 degrees Celsius, 4 degrees Celsius, 5 degrees Celsius. It’s a mechanism to let the target float. It’s like if you have a fixed interest rate and a floating interest rate and this will float according to whatever comes out of the INDCs. We don’t want to be accomplices to taking the world to 3 degrees Celsius to 4 degrees Celsius and the death and destruction that that represents.”
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“President Trump should know that climate change is a dagger aimed straight at the heart of New York City. The Paris accord was the biggest step forward we've taken in many years. It's unconscionable for the president to step away from it. But we'll take matters into our own hands. I plan to sign an executive order maintaining New York City’s commitment to the Paris Agreement.” Mayor Bill de Blasio
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