The Paris Accord, meant to join the world in a massive effort to stop or slow global warming was signed by nearly 200 nations. The only hold outs were Iran, Yemen and Libya. The US has just joined that list.
Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis, reports on the United States’ withdrawal from the Global Climate Alliance under President Donald Trump. This action aligns the U.S., the world’s largest oil producer,
Joining Iran, Libya and Yemen, newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump on his first day in office signed an executive order pulling Washington out of the Paris climate change agreement.
Among President Donald Trump's flurry of Jan. 20 executive orders was one promising to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Click to read.
The Arab Spring began in Tunisia and spread to Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Bahrain, under the unifying slogan: “The people want to bring down the regime.” While some countries experienced ...
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The Pacific nation’s Attorney-General Arnold Loughman, who led Vanuatu’s landmark International Court of Justice climate case at The Hague last month, said the withdrawal represented an “undeniable setback” for international action on global warming.
While it’s unclear what exact political path Syria will take, the dilemmas the country faces are similar to the experiences of other Arab countries more than a decade ago. In the winter of 2010, an outbreak of protests in Tunisia spread across the region, toppling several regimes in what became known as the Arab Uprisings.
Former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg said that he would help fund the United Nations' mission to fight climate change after President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement.
The Paris Agreement is the only global climate pact with equal participation of as many as 193 countries. The US exit could have 'dangerous impacts' in India and other countries.
Listen to Story Trump to withdraw the US from the Paris climate deal again US joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen outside the climate agreement Experts warn of global setbacks to climate goals due to US exit President Donald Trump will once again withdraw the ...
War zones are no place for children, the most vulnerable victims of armed conflicts who are sometimes forced to fight others’ battles