Washington: President Donald Trump delayed a decision to honour or walk away from the Paris climate accord until he returns from Europe late this month, leaving global partners in limbo Tuesday. Despite hardline pre-election rhetoric against the deal, Trump’s inner circle has been tasked with providing the president with a range of policy options. But her stance on the Paris accord and her influence inside the cut-throat world of White House politics are unclear. The core of the Paris deal was an agreement between Chinese president Xi Jinping and then US president Barack Obama. They are gathered to start designing a “rulebook” for implementing the global deal to limit average global warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial levels.

Source: Mint May 10, 2017 04:52 UTC