Leaders Lament U.S. Withdrawal, but Say It Won’t Stop Climate Efforts
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ALISON SMALEJUNE 2, 2017
WASHINGTON — World leaders vowed Friday to confront climate change in a new international coalition
that no longer includes the United States government, moving quickly to reshape global environmental alliances after President Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris climate accord.
He hailed Mr. Trump’s actions to "put America’s interests first" and said
that "exiting Paris does not mean disengagement." But in foreign capitals, and in communities across the United States that vowed to continue their efforts to combat the effects of climate change, that is exactly what Mr. Trump’s withdrawal seemed to mean.
that Today we are stepping up our cooperation on climate change with China, which means
that today China and Europe have demonstrated solidarity with future generations and responsibility for the whole planet,
" he said. that We will establish a dialogue within the United States with all the players
that in the United States support ambitious climate change policies,
American officials insisted on Friday that the United States was not abandoning efforts to fight climate change, even as several of the president’s
top aides refused to say whether Mr. Trump believed the idea of human-caused global warming was a hoax, as he has asserted in the past.
