Today it was announced that Syria agreed to the Paris Climate Accord, the New York Times reports.
Syria’s Deputy Minister of Local Administration and Environment, M. Wadag Katmawi, said per CNN, “I confirm that the Syrian Arab Republic supports the implementation of Paris climate change accord, in order to achieve the desired global goals and to reflect the principles of justice and shared responsibility, but in accordance with the capabilities of each of the signatories.”
After Nicaragua signed its approval last month, this officially leaves the United States to be the only country out of the 200 involved to not sign the agreement.
Hearing this morning that Syria has now signed the Paris Climate Accord leaving US as the only nation not aligned… pic.twitter.com/yGENgzvrKH
— lizfinger (@lizfinger1) November 7, 2017
ICYMI, the Paris Climate Accord was brought to life in December of 2015 to tackle climate change issues and find ways to live in a more sustainable world. The United States has previously been in agreement when President Obama was in office but with the change in leadership, the U.S. has backed out and since wanted to negotiate.
Back in June, according to Quartz, President Trump stated that “we will see if we can make a deal that’s fair. And if we can, that’s great. If we can’t, that’s fine.”
According to the Washington Post, Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, said “As if it wasn’t crystal clear, every single other country in the world is moving forward together to tackle the climate crisis, while Donal Trump’s has isolated the United States on the world stage in an embarrassing and dangerous position.”
Is this what MAGA means?