Washington officially informs the United Nations of its withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement

Washington-SANA

The US administration has submitted to the United Nations the necessary papers for the United States to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the first official step in a year-long process to get out of the global deal to combat climate change.

Immediately after its exit on November 4, the United States will be the only country outside the agreement, one of the most emitters of greenhouse gases, and a leading producer of oil and gas at a time when scientists and many of the world's governments are urging swift action to avoid the worst effects. To the phenomenon of warming.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that the agreement imposed "unfair economic burdens" on the United States, claiming that Washington "uses all energy resources and technology cleanly and effectively, including fossil fuels, nuclear and renewable energy."

Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Robert Menendez, a Democrat, criticized the decision and said the Trump administration "once again mocked its allies, ignored the facts and further politicized the world's biggest environmental challenge."

The Paris agreement set the margin of warming at 2 degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial levels, a goal scientists consider vital to detect the worst fallout from warming, particularly drought, rising floods and storm surges.

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