The U.S. Wants Out Of The Paris Agreement

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🗓️ 5 November 2019

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It's official, but not a surprise. The U.S. has told the United Nations it wants to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, the global accord to fight climate change. President Trump announced his intention to leave it back in 2017. Climate reporter Becky Hersher tells us what the Paris Agreement is, why the Trump Administration wants out and what it means now that the U.S. has made it official. Follow host Maddie Sofia on Twitter @maddie_sofia. Email the show at [email protected].

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0:00.0	You're listening to shortwave from NPR.
0:05.0	ManiSify here with NPR climate reporter Rebecca Hersher.
0:08.6	Hey Becky.
0:09.6	Hey.
0:10.6	So, now it's official.
0:11.6	Yep.
0:12.6	The Trump administration has formally told the UN that the US is pulling out of the Paris
0:17.6	Climate Agreement.
0:19.4	The State Department sent a letter to the United Nations and the letter said, basically,
0:24.0	we don't want to be part of this anymore.
0:25.9	Now there's a one year waiting period before that fully takes effect.
0:29.5	And in a nutshell, it means the US is no longer going to work with other countries on climate
0:34.0	change stuff.
0:35.0	So, today on the show, we're talking about what changes and what doesn't, with the US
0:39.0	out of the Paris Climate Agreement.
0:43.5	Okay, Becky.
0:47.5	First things first about this deal.
0:49.1	It was adopted in 2015 by almost 200 countries around the globe.
0:53.2	So like, you know, pretty simple to put together.
0:55.4	Extremely simple.
0:56.4	It didn't take any time at all.
0:57.7	No, it took years.
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