Trump’s Paris Deal Withdrawal Sparks Overwhelming Global Response
June 2, 2017
Following Trump’s announcement, world leaders from China to Germany to the Marshall Islands and beyond promised to uphold the climate accord.
Germans protest against US President Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement in front the the US embassy in Berlin, Germany, Friday, June 2, 2017. (Britta Pedersen/dpa via AP)
The overwhelming global response to President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement was essentialy, “Go jump in a lake”—or as one Germany tabloid succinctly phrased it in a widely circulated headline:
Very much enjoying the German press at the moment. “Earth to Trump…” pic.twitter.com/sPqkUPYVlw— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) 2 giugno 2017
Following Trump’s Thursday announcement, world leaders from China to Germany to the Marshall Islands and beyond promised to uphold the climate accord while citizens and civil society from across the globe vowed to “harness public outrage into meaningful on-the-ground action” to combat the crisis of climate change.
