Can the Paris climate accord succeed without the US? Here are 4 things to know.
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Henrik Selin, Boston University Editor´s note: On Nov. 4, the Trump administration formally notified the United Nations that it planned to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change, which 196 countries adopted in 2015. The pact is designed to keep global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in this century, and if possible, to limit the increase to 1.5°C. Boston University international relations scholar Henrik Selin explains how U.S. withdrawal will affect prospects for avoiding the worst effects of global warming. 1. What is the process for a country to leave the Paris Agreement? President Trump announced in the summer of 2017...