Tag Archive: Report: Most Signatories Are ‘Ignoring’ or ‘Abandoning’ Paris Climate Commitments


on October 22, 2017 in World News

Report: Most Signatories Are ‘Ignoring’ or ‘Abandoning’ Paris Climate Commitments

by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. Following President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, a number of other nations have quietly begun ignoring the Paris energy goals, according to a new report out of Canada. According to Lawrence Solomon of Energy Probe, a Toronto-based environmental organization, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is one of the only signers of the Paris agreement who is actually abiding by the exacting demands of the accord. Meanwhile, Solomon notes in an essay in Friday’s Financial Post, “most signatories are ignoring, if not altogether abandoning Paris commitments, undoubtedly because voters in large...

by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. Following President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, a number of other nations have quietly begun ignoring the Paris energy goals, according to a new report out of Canada. According to...

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