With President Donald Trump sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, many predict he will pull out of the Paris Agreement — the most significant global effort to tackle climate change in history — for the second time.
“We are expecting him to pull out of the agreement on Day 1 or Week 1,” said Adrianna Hardaway, senior policy adviser for climate at Mercy Corps.
While it takes a full year for a country to exit the agreement after announcing its intentions, experts say that Trump’s decision will impact how these discussions progress over the next year and set the groundwork for the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, in November.
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Jesse Chase-Lubitz
Jesse Chase-Lubitz covers climate change and multilateral development banks for Devex. She previously worked at Nature Magazine, where she received a Pulitzer grant for an investigation into land reclamation. She has written for outlets such as Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and The Japan Times, among others. Jesse holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics.
