UN says confident US will invest in green economy despite withdrawal from Paris climate deal

Record ID: 877831

  • Title: UN says confident US will invest in green economy despite withdrawal from Paris climate deal
  • Date: 2nd June 2017
  • Summary: ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (JUNE 2, 2017) (REUTERS) VENUE OF ST. PETERSBURG ECONOMIC FORUM (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL, ANTONIO GUTERRES, SAYING: "Climate change is undeniable and it is one of the biggest threats to our present world, to the future of our planet. On the other hand climate action is unstoppable and I urge all the governments around the world to stay the course, to remain committed to the implementation of the Paris agreement to the benefit of all of us." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL, ANTONIO GUTERRES, SAYING: "I am deeply convinced that states, cities, the business community, the civil society (within the United States) will also remain engaged, will bet in the green economy because the green economy is the good economy, it is the economy of the future. Because this is not only the right thing to do, but it is the smart thing to do, and those that will be betting in the implementation of the Paris agreement, in the green economy will be the ones that will have a living role in the economy of the 21st century." VARIOUS OF INTERNATIONAL FLAGS
  • Embargoed: 16th June 2017 12:02
  • Keywords: Donald Trump US environment Paris climate deal UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres United Nations
  • Location: ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
  • City: ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Environment,Climate Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016JL535Z
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  • Story Text: A day after the United States announced its decision to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to other governments to "stay the course" and remain committed to the deal.
    Guterres said he was convinced that states and businesses within the United States would remain engaged in international efforts to tackle dangers for the planet posed by global warming.
    President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 global agreement to fight climate change drew anger and condemnation from world leaders and heads of industry.
    Under the Paris accord, which took years to reach, rich and poor countries committed to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases generated by burning fossil fuels that are blamed by scientists for warming the planet.
    Trump also said the United States would stop payments to the U.N. Green Climate Fund, in which rich countries committed billions of dollars to help developing nations deal with floods, droughts and other impacts from climate change.
    The White House said it would stick to U.N. rules for withdrawing from the pact. Those rules require a nation to wait three years from the date the pact gained legal force, Nov. 4, 2016, before formally seeking to leave. That country must then wait another year.
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