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Can the Paris Agreement on climate change succeed without the US? 4 questions answered

  • Written by Henrik Selin, Associate Professor in the Frederick S Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the Climate Summit in the U.N. General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2019. AP Photo/Jason DeCrow

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...

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