US withdrawal: How to limit the damage t • Table.Briefings

When it all began: In April 2016, US climate envoy John Kerry signs the Paris Agreement on behalf of the USA – accompanied by his two-year-old granddaughter Isabelle Hobbs-Digginson.

Another US withdrawal from the UN climate system would slow down the process. Experts are now debating tricks and ways to minimize the damage: Money from other sources, low-level cooperation, and rapid re-entry.

According to many observers, the planned withdrawal of the USA from the Paris Agreement would complicate the negotiations at COP29, but not throw them off track. It is still unclear when and how exactly Donald Trump will make decisions on the climate issue as US President from January 2025, but some developments are already emerging.

US withdrawal: How to limit the damage to the climate

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