UN: Trump must become 'better informed' on Paris deal

[DonViejo]

Source: Newsweek




11 APR 2017 AT 08:07 ET

The deputy secretary-general of the United Nations says the Trump administration must be “brought back to the table” on climate change, despite repeatedly pledging to pull out of an agreement aiming to reduce carbon emissions.

Amina J. Mohammed says the international community has a responsibility to convince President Donald Trump of the benefits of fighting global warming after he repeatedly pledged to pull out of an agreement aiming to reduce carbon emissions.

“I think that where people are not well-informed, we have to go back and do that. It seems as though we are taking 10 steps forward and five back, but it’s an imperative. We don’t have an option,” Mohammed tells Newsweek in an exclusive interview. “The U.S. is an important leader in this and we believe that they will do the right thing once they are better informed about it.”

Mohammed says it will be “very difficult” for Trump to completely pull out of the Paris climate deal brokered by President Barack Obama and world leaders in 2016, which seeks to limit global temperature rise to under 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The United States has already ratified the deal and the White House would have to wait three years to announce a withdrawal. Officially exiting the compact would take another year after the formal request.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/un-trump-must-become-better-informed-on-paris-deal/

[madokie]

1. Trouble is

this mo'fo knows it all so there is no coming up to speed for him, he already thinks he knows it all

[Voltaire2]

2. Seems unlikely that a narcissistic authoritarian

is going to acquire a better understanding of anything

[Blue_Roses]

3. This is like telling a child to eat their vegetables

Grow the fuck up, "Mr. President".

[librechik]

4. can you turn it into a series of Tweets?

Trump hasn't had to do homework since military school, where he punched out the music teacher as I recall.

[hedda_foil]

5. This is a job for the firstish couple ... Jared and Ivanka!

Unfortunately, it probably is. Since they did consider themselves Democrats (socially, at least) and they're of a generation that, on the whole, "gets" it about climate change, these two may be the last best hope of earth ...literally.

[Vinca]

6. Maybe they could turn it into a picture book for him.