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But we really need to be thinking about where are we going to be in five, seven, 10 or 15 years. Some of the issues that confront humanity today have no precedent. They have no historic precedent. Some of the challenges we face have no historic precedent. We can compare it to another era, to another time, but they're not the same. Things are moving faster than ever,
I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry will immediately be halted. And we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. We will reinstate my Remain in Mexico policy. I will end the practice of catch and release. And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country."
In his inaugural address Monday, Trump promised Climate change is a common challenge faced by all of humanity, and no country can remain unaffected or solve the problem on its own,
foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said China will work with all parties...to actively address the challenges of climate change,
I'm immediately withdrawing from the unfair, one-sided Paris Climate Accord rip-off,
he said to cheering supporters at a Washington sports arena after being sworn in The US oil and natural gas industry stands ready to work with the new administration to deliver the common sense energy solutions Americans voted for,
said Mike Sommers, of the American Petroleum Institute There is no energy emergency. There is a climate emergency."
But Manish Bapna, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, pushed back The US withdrawing from the Paris Agreement is unfortunate, but multilateral climate action has proven resilient and is stronger than any single country's politics and policies,
said Laurence Tubiana, a key architect of the accord It’s the largest economy in the world, and its actions and commitments to tackling climate change are critical,
The chaos and uncertainty of his actions will hurt US decarbonisation as well as the obligations of the US to the rest of the world on climate cooperation. Other nations must take the lead and ensure that global climate action doesn’t slow down in this critical decade,
It, however, creates two kinds of uncertainty: Will state-level and corporate action in the US double down on investments and innovation in clean tech? And how will other large historical emitters step up to fill the emissions reduction gap? All large historical emitters have a moral and economic obligation to lead, not retreat, on climate action,
While these actions undermine global progress, they place greater responsibility on countries like India to step up and lead by example by not limiting the aspirations of clean energy goals which we have rightly embarked on,
The forces of competitive trade actions in the name of climate may get reinforced,
It's tougher but the gentleman has done it before, and the world knows it has to improve itself,
Oliver Bate, CEO of Allianz, told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" in Davos on Tuesday We have reached the planetary boundaries, everyone knows that. Maybe it's time to talk about it less but do more. At least that is what we are trying to do in our industry,
Anyone who steps back from this significant forward momentum creates a vacuum that others will fill and will benefit from. So, I think this kind of the framing context that we find ourselves in 14 hours after that statement,
The world is undergoing an energy transition that is unstoppable. Last year alone, over $2 trillion was invested in the transition and that compares to $1 trillion in fossil fuels, so the signal is absolutely clear,
We have been here before,
United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell said during a CNBC-moderated panel at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday We will drill, baby, drill,
Trump said in his inaugural address The door remains open to the Paris agreement, and we welcome constructive engagement from any and all countries,
said the UN's Simon Stiell
