Climate Researcher Criticizes US Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement
Mojib Latif, a climate researcher, has criticized the announcement by US President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. “This is a completely false signal to the world and will set an example for other countries” he said in an interview with the “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland” (Wednesday’s editions).
“The message is: we’re not putting the brakes on climate change, we’re accelerating it even more. This will further set back international climate protection efforts” he added.
The scientist from the Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel also stated: “If one were to be cynical, one could say: this won’t make coal any fatter. But we need to be careful not to lose everything, not just in environmental protection, but also in democracy. This deeply concerns me.