British Columbia is a key cork in the climate change bottle, keeping a giant share of the planet’s carbon underground, writes U.S. environmentalist, journalist, and book author Bill McKibben.
"America is fully in the Paris agreement. There's only one man that dropped out," Arnold Schwarzenegger said of Donald Trump on Tuesday. "America did not drop out."
G20 leaders managed to bring U.S. President Donald Trump on side against protectionist trade policies, but he still stands alone when it comes to resisting action on climate change.
G20 leaders have agreed to fight protectionism but do not have unanimous agreement on action to fight climate change because of U.S. President Donald Trump.
France wants to keep fossil fuels in the ground and ban the sale of conventional cars as part of its efforts to fight climate change and reduce the gap between rich and the poor.
Two Canadian provinces have already reduced their greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels, hitting a national target 13 years earlier than what was required.
According to the prime minister, he had simply “impressed upon” German Chancellor Angela Merkel how important it was that they “stood together” with the U.S. and other G20 members.
Der Spiegel stands by report suggesting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeased U.S. President Donald Trump regarding removal of mention of the Paris climate agreement from declaration.
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre told a world congress of mayors that U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement is "nonsense."
The German magazine Der Spiegel has reported that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office "requested that we publish a response" to an earlier story about Trudeau appeasing U.S. President Donald Trump.
"Trudeau had apparently changed his approach to Trump and seemed concerned about further provoking his powerful neighbour to the south," Germany's Der Spiegel reported.