EARTH SCIENCE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
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Australia
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Sweden
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The United States
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Great Britain
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Trump announces the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change in the Rose Garden on June 1, 2017. Video published by the White House about withdrawal from the agreement.
Detailed explanation-2: -United States withdrawal and readmittance On 4 August 2017, the Trump administration delivered an official notice to the United Nations that the United States, the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases after China, intended to withdraw from the Paris Agreement as soon as it was eligible to do so.
Detailed explanation-3: -On November 4, 2020, the United States officially left the Paris Agreement. We’ve known this day was coming for four years. If we’re honest with ourselves, the euphoria of American leadership on climate policy was a historical blip. We’ve been here before, but this time it’s different.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Agreement is a legally binding international treaty. It entered into force on 4 November 2016. Today, 194 Parties (193 States plus the European Union) have joined the Paris Agreement.