In June, President Donald Trump vowed to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, the historic international climate accord made at the annual United Nations climate summit in 2015. As global leaders convene in Bonn for the latest U.N. negotiations, all eyes are on how the United States will now participate in the ongoing discussions to stop global warming. Despite Trump’s pledge, a band of U.S. business, science and political allies seeks to fill the void in formal U.S. leadership, reassuring the world that “We are still in.”
Meanwhile, in the two years since the Paris deal was made, the problems wrought by climate change have continued to rise — with record-breaking heat, severe storms and drought. Worldwide emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change have reached new highs, and thousands of scientists have issued a new warning about the man-made catastrophe, claiming “humanity is not taking the urgent steps needed to safeguard our imperilled biosphere.”
GroundTruth fellows continue our coverage on climate change at COP23, and the rising human toll of climate change around the world.
