Greenpeace and German Greens protest against Trump's global climate deal announcement

Record ID: 877887

  • Title: Greenpeace and German Greens protest against Trump's global climate deal announcement
  • Date: 2nd June 2017
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (JUNE 2, 2017) (REUTERS) BRANDENBURG GATE AND PAN TO U.S. EMBASSY U.S. FLAG POLICE INFRONT OF U.S. EMBASSY VARIOUS OF GREENPEACE CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND FUNDRAISING, SWEELIN HEUSS, TALKING (SOUNDBITE) (German) GREENPEACE CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND FUNDRAISING, SWEELIN HEUSS, SAYING: "This decision of his (U.S. President Donald Trump) to withdraw from the Paris climate deal is morally irresponsible. It also shows that he does not understand that the U.S. - as the second largest CO2 emitter world-wide - has a bigger responsibility than he makes out they do." VARIOUS OF PROTEST BY GERMAN GREEN PARTY INFRONT OF THE BRANDENBURG GATE, SHOWING BANNER, READING (English) 'IT'S TRUMP AGAINST THE PLANET' AND 'THERE IS NO PLANET B' GREEN POLITICIAN AND CO-LEADER OF PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, ANTON HOFREITER, AT PROTEST U.S. FLAG, SEEN THROUGH PROTEST FLAGS VARIOUS OF MAIN CANDIDATES OF GREEN PARTY FOR THE GERMAN GENERAL ELECTION, KATRIN GOERING-ECKARDT AND CEM OZDEMIR, AT PROTEST (SOUNDBITE) (German) ONE OF MAIN CANDIDATES OF GREEN PARTY FOR GERMAN GENERAL ELECTION, KATRIN GOERING-ECKARDT, SAYING: "The climate change is not fake-news. And for Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris climate deal is a step back for the world. And it is also a step back for the U.S. because jobs will be killed and no new ones created. But it also a task for us. On that means we have to work together in Europe even more than before for climate protection. We need a European climate union. We need to make sure that we price CO2 accordingly, and that the Europeans work together with other partners in the world." PROTEST OF GERMAN GREEN PARTY AND PAN TO MEDIA
  • Embargoed: 16th June 2017 09:09
  • Keywords: protest Greenpeace U.S. embassy global climate deal Trump Germany
  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026JL4OXZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Politicians from the German Green Party joined Greenpeace on Friday (June 2) to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement.
    Trump on Thursday (June 1) said he would withdraw the United States from the landmark 2015 global agreement to fight climate change, drawing anger and condemnation from world leaders and heads of industry.
    "The climate change is not fake-news. And for Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris climate deal is a step back for the world," said Katrin Goering-Eckardt, one of the main candidates for the German general elections from the Green Party. "And it is also a step back for the U.S. because jobs will be killed and no new ones created. But it also a task for us. On that means we have to work together in Europe even more than before for climate protection. We need a European climate union. We need to make sure that we price CO2 accordingly, and that the Europeans work together with other partners in the world."
    Tapping into the "America First" message he used when he was elected president last year, said the Paris accord would undermine the U.S. economy, cost U.S. jobs, weaken American national sovereignty and put the country at a permanent disadvantage to the other countries of the world.
    "This decision of his (U.S. President Donald Trump) to withdraw from the Paris climate deal is morally irresponsible," said Sweelin Heuss from Greenpeace. "It also shows that he does not understand that the U.S. - as the second largest CO2 emitter world-wide - has a bigger responsibility than he makes out they do."
    The European Union are expected to make a show of unity over the fight against global warming at a summit in Brussels on Friday.
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