On 1 June 2017 Donald Trump announced that the US has left the Paris Agreement. Yesterday, I wrote that there were two ways of leaving: leaving the Paris Agreement (which would take four years); or leaving the UNFCCC (which would take one year). Trump isn’t taking either of these options. Instead, Trump is taking what…
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How can Trump pull the US out of the Paris Agreement and what will it mean for the climate?
This afternoon in the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump is due to announce whether the US will leave the Paris Agreement. Predictably enough, Trump revealed the time and place via a tweet. According to Jonathan Swan at Axios, Trump has already decided to leave the Paris Agreement.
What does the Paris climate agreement mean for forests and forest peoples’ rights?
In its latest issue of EU Forest Watch, FERN has published a special report on the Paris climate conference, focussing on forests and the rights of people living in and near forests.
COP21 Paris: REDD and carbon markets
COP21 Paris: The Paris Agreement includes REDD and a new carbon trading mechanism. That’s the worst possible outcome for the climate.
COP21 Paris snapshot #2: No REDD!
While REDD is edging its way into the Paris Outcome, a series of protests and statements against REDD have taken place at the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris. Here’s a round-up, with photographs, of some of the No REDD! activities in Paris over the past two weeks.