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As Trump and Biden chase each other through the different key states for the election of the new president (and for a clear and definitive result we will probably have to wait) one thing is certain on this November 4 American: that the has officially withdrawn from climate accords. of Paris, signed in 2015 by the Obama administration. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo just a year ago made use of the exit clause, which according to the agreement would enter into force exactly twelve months later, that is, one day after the vote.
The second largest emitter in the world after China
At this point, the fate of the climate agreement could also depend on the final outcome of the elections, given that the US, in addition to being the first of 196 signatory countries to exit the agreement, is also the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases. greenhouse effect of the world. after China (and they have an indisputable “historical” responsibility). Former Vice President Joe Biden argued in the election campaign that he would decide to revert to the deal if he won. In his agenda he had also talked about a kind of green deal of two trillion dollars in four years, being very careful not to go into details that could irritate the states most dependent on the production of fossil fuels. Trump simply has no environmental plans in his programs, and he has spent the past four years promoting fossil fuels, dismantling the country’s environmental legislation, and denigrating climate scientists, as he has often done on social media and his own. . loved Twitter.
Obama commitments
Speaking of Paris, Trump argued that the commitments made by the United States were too costly for its economy, and that only with their reduction could he return to the subject. But this is not the case: the very structure of the flexible agreement, and it establishes that each individual state autonomously assumes the obligations it considers most appropriate. A formula that had been among the winning cards to reach a conclusion accepted by all. When President Obama signed the agreement five years ago, the United States was willing to cut greenhouse gas emissions 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025. A goal now further, but not too far: today emissions are below 15%, mainly due to the work of individual industries and individual state governments.
