What now for climate change in the US?
President Trump has withdrawn the U.S from the Paris Agreement on climate change. The Obama administration had ratified it along with 147 other countries back in 2015; it was a landmark deal, with 190 countries agreeing to some of its components.
So what now for the U.S. on climate change? Scott Tong from our Sustainability Desk talks us through it.
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