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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Greenfield

A second US exit could ‘cripple’ the Paris climate agreement, warns UN chief

Trump in front of microphone, smiling, makes gesture of tiny with thumb and index finger
Trump refers to temperature change as he announces his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Agreement in 2017. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

The world needs the US to remain in the international climate process to avoid a “crippled” Paris agreement, the UN secretary general has warned, amid fears that Donald Trump would take the country out of the accord for a second time.

António Guterres said the landmark 2015 agreement to limit global heating would endure if the US withdrew once again, but compared the prospective departure to losing a limb or organ.

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