CLIMATE CHANGE/FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Money was on everybody’s mind at the climate summit meeting organized here on Tuesday [12-12-17], as President Emmanuel Macron of France tried to shore up support for the Paris climate deal by urging heads of state, chief executives and investors to commit more funding to the fight against global warming.
But the gathering was overshadowed by President Trump’s promise to pull the United States out of the deal, a move that has cast doubt on the ability of the international community to meet the emission goals that were set two years ago when the pact was adopted…
Several announcements by states, companies and international organizations were made at the meeting, aimed at helping industries and poorer countries reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and at shifting private investment away from fossil fuels toward cleaner, renewable energies…
But the leaders at the summit meeting did not announce new binding requirements to curb carbon emissions and did not unlock significant new funds to help developing countries transition away from fossil fuel economies.”
-Aurelien Breeden and Elian Peltier, “Macron Holds a Climate Summit, and Trump Casts a Shadow,” The New York Times online, Dec. 12, 2017