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RE: Negative Effects of Climate Change: Was Donald Trump Right in His Decision?
Politics: It seems like an economy first for trump. Not surprising because he's a businessman - rather linear. Also not necessary this withdrawal decision will help in US's economy. Because if they are in this agreement, there will be far more research efforts and environmental Technologies and that means innovations and ip- which of course takes time
Environment: In terms of environment efforts, it should be a collective agenda. Since US has withdrew, it is clear that no money will be coming from US to underdeveloped countries who are experiencing the negative effects of climate change. So the world will be looking to other Super powers such as china and Europe. Trump needs a PR professional
Politics: you're definitely on point with this & I couldn't agree more with you...well said :)
Environment: I do understand his concerns for America first & respect him for staying true to his word/political agenda. But I also believe that the lack of participation in the Agreement is unjust, as the U.S. ranks in the top 2 countries in the world responsible for emitting the most carbon dioxide into the atmosphere (the other being China). He stated that "the Paris accord is very unfair at the highest level to the United States," with concerns to the economy...but the agreement lacks any sort of enforcement agreements or firm commitments. That said, his argument of the Agreement being detrimental to the U.S. holds no validity due to the fact that each & every country must create their own arbitrary plans on how to mitigate global warming; meaning the U.S. has the flexibility of creating plans to help the environment in way that wouldn't hurt the economy (or would do less damage than he predicts). Also, I agree with you too :)