China On Donald Trump’s Claim It Invented Global Warming: Nah

Barry Parkin, from Mars Incorporated, said: “It is vital that the business community demonstrates its ongoing commitment to tackling climate change”.

Speaking indirectly about president-elect Donald Trump’s vow to immediately pull the USA out of the Paris Agreement, Kerry stated that the low-carbon transition would be dictated by market forces, rather than policy.

Bill Hare, director of the Climate Analytics research group, said the USA was on the right path to meeting its target “but a bit more is needed to get there”.

Ban told AFP in an interview on Friday that he was hoping to meet Trump before he ends his tenure as United Nations chief on December 31.

The group said Trump should order the Pentagon to prepare for catastrophic climate scenarios, including “state failure, mass migration and instability in strategically significant areas around the world”, Scientific American reported.

Barry Gardiner, Labour’s shadow Minister for International Climate Change, welcomed the move but criticised the Government for increasing taxes on solar power and pressing ahead with fracking for shale gas.

Now, all of that seems to be changing with Trump deciding to cancel the Paris agreement, which commits more than 190 countries to reducing their emissions.

Prior to Trump’s election, the Obama administration had enjoyed momentum on the climate issue, with a deal in September in Montreal to limit carbon emissions from worldwide flights, and another reached in Rwanda in October to cut back on greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners. However, given the impending exit of the USA from the Paris agreement, this seems unlikely now.

“In September we challenged the Government to be one of founder countries to ratify”, he said.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon earlier said action on climate change has become “unstoppable” and predicted that Trump would drop plans to quit the global accord aimed at weaning the world off fossil fuels. Yet, after the event, Trump’s campaign viciously-and unsuccessfully-attempted to downplay his previous comments. James Inhofe, one of the most vocal climate skeptics in U.S. Congress. He said that when the time comes for Britain to withdraw from the bloc altogether, there was “a whole set of decisions to be made about how we go forward on climate”.

Secretary of State John Kerry, who spoke earlier on Wednesday in Marrakech, expressed confidence that the us could meet its short-term climate goals under the future administration simply due to market forces that have already driven down costs of renewable energy substantially.

Kerry has stressed that “climate change should not be a partisan issue”. The current year, 2016, will be the warmest year on record.

“Paris delivered a gift of hope for every man, woman and child on the planet”, the message said.

The negotiating texts being drafted by delegates and officials in north African country were suddenly overshadowed by a uncertain political future cast by Trump’s shadow over the two-decade-old process.

At the outset, let me convey my delegation’s appreciation to the Government and the people of the Kingdom of Morocco for hosting this important Conference and for the warm hospitality extended to us.

He said a number of countries had ratified the Paris Agreement since the USA election, including oil-rich Saudi Arabia. Trump has also included a prominent climate contrarian, Myron Ebell, to his transition team. “So staying the course on the US commitments to reduce emissions, to follow through on our Paris commitment is essential to lower that uncertainty, give businesses the confidence to develop and implement strategies that are going to build advantage, lower risk, and lower their costs”.

“We shall have to wait and see what position they will take, but we. expect that they will take a right and smart decision to live up to the world’s expectations”, he said.