Trump returns after withdrawing from the Paris Agreement… Will international climate response be broken?

Donald Trump mentioned that he would again withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. donaldjtrump homepage capture” class=”fr-fic fr-dib”/>A speech in which President-elect Donald Trump mentioned that he would again withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. donaldjtrump homepage capture
The return of US President-elect Donald Trump has created a major variable in international cooperation towards the climate crisis. Trump, who withdrew from the Paris Climate Change Agreement while in office, said he would withdraw again when he returns to power. The departure of the United States, the world’s second largest greenhouse gas emitter, will inevitably have a negative impact on international cooperation.

According to the Trump presidential campaign site on the 6th, Trump criticized the Joe Biden administration’s energy policy in his speech ‘President Trump on Making America Energy Independent Again’ on February 9 last year.

At the same time, he declared that once he takes office, “We will again get out of Paris.” Trump argued that the Biden administration’s radical climate and energy policy increased the national household burden and provided the greatest benefit to China.

Trump previously claimed during the presidential election TV debate that “the United States was ripped off by the Paris Agreement.” According to the Paris Agreement, the United States is under pressure to shoulder a burden of $1 trillion in climate response support for developing countries, but large greenhouse gas emitters such as China, Russia, and India are said to be unfair because their contributions are small.

Trump’s stance increases the possibility of the United States withdrawing from the Paris Agreement again. This is because Trump previously declared withdrawal from the Paris Agreement in his first year in office when he came to power in 2017, completing the official withdrawal in 2020. Of course, the United States returned to the Paris Agreement with the inauguration of the Biden administration the following year, but the situation could be reversed.

<img src="https://file2.nocutnews.co.kr/newsroom/image/2024/11/06/202411062142108744_0.jpg" alt="Last year, America's greenhouse gas emissions ranked second in the world. European Union ‘GHG EMISSIONS OF ALL WORLD COUNTRIES 2024’ captured” class=”fr-fic fr-dib”/>Last year, America’s greenhouse gas emissions ranked second in the world. European Union ‘GHG EMISSIONS OF ALL WORLD COUNTRIES 2024’ captured

However, it is difficult to avoid criticism that the United States, the world’s second largest greenhouse gas emitter, is abandoning its responsibility for the climate crisis. According to the ‘Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ report published by the European Union Executive, the United States emitted 5,960 megatons (MtCO2eq) as of last year, accounting for 11.3% of the world’s total. The only country with more than this is China (15,940 megatons), while the United States surpasses India (4,130 megatons), the European Union (3,220 megatons), and Russia (2,670 megatons).

Criticism poured in even within the United States regarding Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement during his first term in office. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, once a fellow Republican, declared that he would pay $4.5 million in Paris Agreement contributions that year, saying, “If the government does not keep its promises, all Americans are responsible.”

In addition, Trump has declared a retreat in climate and energy policies, such as the abolition of mandatory sales regulations for electric vehicles and the abolition of renewable energy subsidies. Accordingly, there are concerns that the United States will not only withdraw from the international response to the climate crisis, but also that third countries may defect from imitation.

The British daily Guardian recently reported, “China, the largest emitter, has maintained a certain level of cooperation on climate issues despite conflict with the United States,” and added, “The retreat of the United States during the second term of Trump’s administration has also affected other countries, contributing to international climate response.” “I am concerned that this will get out of control,” he said.

German private statistics show that the United States ranks overwhelmingly first in terms of cumulative carbon dioxide emissions from 1750 to 2022. Statista homepage capture