EU Warns Against Trump’s Withdrawal from Climate Agreement

Wopke Hoekstra, the European Union’s Climate Commissioner, has warned that global efforts to combat climate change would take a significant hit if President-elect Donald Trump decides once again to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.

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Sources within Trump’s transition team have stated that they are preparing executive orders to withdraw the United States, currently the world’s second-largest polluter after China, from the key global treaty on climate change.

In an interview with Reuters, Hoekstra said, “If this happens, it will deliver a major blow to international climate diplomacy.”

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He added that the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement would require other countries to “step up their efforts in climate diplomacy.”

Regarding the United Nations’ climate negotiations, Hoekstra remarked, “There is no alternative to ensuring everyone contributes in the end because climate change spares no one. It is truly an issue the world must collaborate to solve.”

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Trump, who returns to the White House on January 20, has described climate change as a “hoax” and had previously withdrawn from the Paris Agreement during his first term, which lasted from 2017 to 2021.

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