Latin America Can’t Afford to Follow the U.S. on Climate Change
Latin America Can’t Afford to Follow the U.S. on Climate Change
By
Guy Edwards, Isabel Cavelier
Despite past cooperation, the region should forge its own path. Here are four reasons why.
When President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. was abandoning the Paris Agreement, he not only undermined U.S. national interests but also abdicated the country’s global leadership role on climate change. Latin American countries, which had worked with the Obama administration to reach a new global agreement, have rejected Trump’s position and instead reaffirmed their commitment to the accord.
This stark break was evident at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, where the U.S. was left...
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