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International Law

Abstract

President Donald Trump, fulfilling one of his campaign promises', announced on June 1, 2017, that it was his intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and that the official notification would be forthcoming2 . On August 4, 2017, that promise was realized when the United Nations Secretary General, Ant6nio Guterres, received official notification from the United States' delegation that the United States would be withdrawing from the Paris Agreement.3 Citing economic concerns held by the people who elected President Trump to represent their interests and a study produced by the National Economic Research Associates4 , President Trump stated that the United States could participate only in the Paris Agreement if it was renegotiated to have terms that are more favorable to the United States.5 This suggestion has been met with resistance from the international community involved in the creation of the Paris Agreement.

The Paris Agreement is the culmination of decades of efforts made by the international community to combat the dangers of climate change by curbing the main driver of climate change, anthropogenic carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that humans have contributed to the atmosphere. 7 As one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gases in the world,' it is seen as vitally important that the United States continues its participation in the Paris Agreement.

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