BERLIN (AP) – The United States formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact forged five years ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change.
The move was long threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump and triggered by his administration a year ago.
Some 189 countries remain committed to the 2015 accord, which aims to keep the increase in average temperatures worldwide “well below” 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. Scientists say that any rise beyond 2 degrees Celsius could have a devastating impact on large parts of the world, raising sea levels, stoking tropical storms and worsening droughts and floods.
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