“Today the Trump Administration officially withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement. And in exactly 77 days, Biden ‘s administration will join it again, “Biaiden said on Twitter.
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According to the TV channel estimates Biden has so far won 264 electoral votes, while Trump has won 214. In order to win the battle for the White House, a candidate needs 270 electoral votes.
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Voting is currently counting in some of the remaining states, and Biden needs only six more electoral votes to win.
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The United States formally withdrew from the UN climate agreement in Paris on Wednesday.
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The agreement aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so that global temperatures do not rise by more than two degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial times.
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US President Donald Trump announced his withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement in 2017, saying it required US companies and the government to adhere to unfair environmental standards and threatened the United States economy.
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In November last year, the United States officially informed the UN of its decision, but according to the procedure, the withdrawal came into force a year later.
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The Paris Climate Agreement or Paris Agreement was prepared on 12 December 2015 in Paris, at the 21st Climate Change Conference, but signed on 22 April 2016. At the time, the US president was Barack Obama.
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The United States, the world’s largest economy and the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases after China, is the first country to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
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This decision puts the Trump administration at odds with all its allies and most competitors on climate change.
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