EU Commissioner: "The World Can Count On Europe" For Climate Leadership, Now That US Has Lost It

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President Trump’s executive order rolling back President Barack Obama’s signature anti-global-warming measure stopped short of withdrawing from the historic Paris climate accord — but raised international concerns Tuesday about whether the United States will do its share to fight the global threat.

Europe’s top climate official, European commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete, expressed “regret” about Trump’s executive order rolling back what he called the “main pillar” of U.S. climate policy, the Clean Power Plan, in a statement to The Washington Post.

“Now, it remains to be seen by which other means the United States intends to meet its commitments under the Paris Agreement,” said Cañete. “Despite all the current geopolitical uncertainties, the world can count on Europe to maintain global leadership in the fight against climate change. We will stand by Paris, we will defend Paris, and we will implement Paris.”

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Jiang Kejun, a researcher at the Chinese government think tank Energy Research Institute, said that Trump’s decision to scrap the Clean Power Plan would be “a bad signal” and that Beijing was watching closely. “It’s … rather negative news,” Jiang said, but insisting that it’s not necessarily impacting China in a negative way. “China’s general policy will not retreat. In fact, it might have to do more and reach out to more partners elsewhere,” such as the European Union and Japan.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/03/28/trumps-climate-rollback-raises-deep-questions-about-our-promises-to-the-rest-of-the-world/?utm_term=.906a3d1ffbb2

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