- Countries took steps in Morocco to carry out Paris accord
- China, Saudi Arabia among previous opponents now vowing action
More than 190 nations including the U.S., China and Saudi Arabia vowed to
step up their efforts to fight global warming despite concerns that U.S.
President-elect Donald Trump will pull the richest polluter out of the process
when he takes office next year.
Envoys and more than 50 national leaders in Marrakech, Morocco, agreed early
Saturday to a roadmap for developing a rulebook by 2018 that will strengthen
the landmark Paris Agreement signed last year to limit fossil-fuel emissions
and keep temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.
“We’ve fulfilled the job we came here to do,” European Union Climate and
Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said in an interview immediately after
the talks wrapped up. “The message this sends to America is that there is full
commitment from the global community, that climate change is such a big
challenge, that it’s much more important than countries and their elections.”
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