John Kerry seeks to reassure countries of US commitment to COP21 climate change deal

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John Kerry seeks to reassure countries of US commitment to COP21 climate change deal

 

 

MOROCCO: -- The US president-elect has called climate change a hoax and threatened to tear up the Paris COP21 deal.

 

So, instead of the expected victory lap at the 22nd edition of the conference, current US Secretary of State John Kerry found himself having to address insecurity about the nation’s commitment to a hard-fought agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

 

Speaking in Morocco, he urged countries to treat climate change as an urgent threat and said people’s perspectives on certain issues can be subject to change upon taking office.

 

“No one, no one should doubt the overwhelming majority of the citizens of the United States who know climate change is happening and who are determined to keep our commitments that were made in Paris,” said Kerry.

 

However, earlier this week, a source on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team said he would seek to withdraw the US from the COP21 agreement.

 

Trump himself has previously threatened to halt any US taxpayer funds for United Nations global warming programmes and to reinstall the use of fossil fuels, with particular attention to reviving the coal sector.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-11-17

 

[Grubster]

Go Trump, just keep emissions to an affordable minimum as technology continues to find a solution. Try going after methane gas as it has a much bigger impact on this.  Also the slash and burn farmers will stop as soon as the demand for animal protein is cut when the advent of vegetable to meat type proteins become more viable. The fossil fuel industry has about one forth of the impact on global warming as the livestock agriculture industry does.

[Baerboxer]

Meanwhile, in large Chinese and Indian cities the pollution is so bad people can hardly breath.

 

And neither will really do much about it despite all the promises because their systems are corrupt to the core.

 

[elgordo38]

Dear John. Quit trying to put lipstick on a pig. The oink oink noise gives it away. I guess you could go back and be a Ketchup salesman but then your wife went and sold the darn company. Take a 4 year rest and maybe you can make a presidential comeback. Sarkozy in France is doing it why not you. The trough awaits for those who dare.