California signs low-carbon pact with China in defiance of Trump
California signs low-carbon pact with China in defiance of Trump
- The five-day visit by Jerry Brown, a Democrat, came just days after Trump declared on 1 June that the US would pull out of the Paris Accord, which broadly commits 195 countries to try and keep the global average temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to lower greenhouse gas emissions.
“The world, through the Paris Accord, has made the commitment to make the turn to a decarbonised future. Good, we’re for that,” Brown said in a speech closing out his trip at Tsinghua University in Beijing on 8 June.
- The five-day visit by Jerry Brown, a Democrat, came just days after Trump declared on 1 June that the US would pull out of the Paris Accord, which broadly commits 195 countries to try and keep the global average temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to lower greenhouse gas emissions.
“The world, through the Paris Accord, has made the commitment to make the turn to a decarbonised future. Good, we’re for that,” Brown said in a speech closing out his trip at Tsinghua University in Beijing on 8 June.