{"id":172138,"date":"2020-11-09T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=172138"},"modified":"2020-11-05T09:48:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T09:48:50","slug":"un-and-partners-express-regret-over-us-departure-from-paris-climate-accord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/11\/un-and-partners-express-regret-over-us-departure-from-paris-climate-accord\/","title":{"rendered":"UN and Partners Express Regret over US Departure from Paris Climate Accord"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UN climate change secretariat, UNFCCC<\/a>, has underlined its commitment to work with stakeholders in the United States and beyond, to accelerate climate action, in line with an historic treaty on limiting global warming and curbing greenhouse gas emissions.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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4 Nov 2020 – <\/em>Today the US formally withdrew from the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change<\/a>, a decision originally announced three years ago.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe note with regret that the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement<\/a> has formally come into effect today\u201d, the UN body said in a joint statement<\/a> issued alongside Chile, France, Italy and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

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"There is no greater responsibility than protecting our planet and people from the threat of climate change."<\/p>\n

Read the joint statement on the US withdrawal from the #ParisAgreement<\/a> by Chile, France, Italy, UK and UN Climate Change >> https:\/\/t.co\/mXRmSlUAVM<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/AXLxOJ2ZiR<\/a><\/p>\n

— UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) November 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n