Abstract
The US is officially out of the Paris climate agreement . As of Nov. 4, the day after the 2020 US presidential election, the nation is no longer part of the group of countries pledging to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and mitigate the effects of climate change. On June 1, 2017, President Donald J. Trump announced he was withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement, a nonbinding agreement among 189 nations around the world to curb their emissions. On Nov. 4, 2019, his administration filed the paperwork to kick off the withdrawal process, and exactly 1 year later it is complete. The US joins the list of countries—now 8—that have not adopted the agreement; they include Angola, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, South Sudan, Turkey, and Yemen. Of course, any president at any time can decide to rejoin the agreement, and it would take just about 30 days to do
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