Trump's Climate Retreat Shines Light On Other Green Leaders

The United States withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change could create space for more ambitious countries to forge new alliances, observers say (Credit: AFP)

The United States withdrawing from the Paris Agreement is a blow to global cooperation on climate change, but other countries are marching ahead and stepping up leadership on the issue.

China is dominating the clean energy race, Brazil will be steering global climate negotiations, Denmark has approved a world-first tax on livestock emissions and Colombia is saying farewell to fossil fuels.