Donald Trump stopping the US from taking action over the climate crisis while labelling it a “con job”, will only see nations like China take up the mantle instead, the chief architect of the landmark Paris climate treaty has told The Independent.
Christiana Figueres, the Costa Rican diplomat who devised the roadmap to tackle global warming that was adopted around the world 10 years ago, paints an optimistic picture of the progress made since, despite political support for climate policies fragmenting in Europe, and carbon emissions continuing to rise year-on-year.
