Is the US losing its “Power” in influencing the World. Some can say that since the invasion of Iraq, the US began it’s “power” loss. Yes the article is about the US leaving the Paris Climate Accord, but there’s more to it then just that. – PB/TK
Kofi Annan, Christiana Figueres: The U.S. Will Lose Power – By Kofi Annan and Christiana Figueres / June 3 2017
On Thursday, President Trump announced his intention for the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, the historic global climate pact accepted and signed by 195 countries that aims to keep global temperature rise “well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.”
For the U.S. to abandon the deal that it has worked so closely with so many to achieve, will have grave diplomatic consequences. The Paris Agreement, which was ratified with unprecedented speed, is one of the world’s greatest successes of multilateral diplomacy, a shining example of how nations can work together to combat an existential global threat. It will continue to be the world’s best chance to fend off global insecurity.
The impacts of President Trump’s retreat from international cooperation are already clear, as signaled by the remarkable frustration felt by world leaders at the G7 meetings in Italy last month, where the G6 nations all reaffirmed their commitments to the Paris Agreement and singled out the U.S. for failing to do so. The United States relies on venues like the G7, the G20, and NATO more than President Trump is currently prepared to acknowledge, and all of these alliances are deeply engaged on climate change. By walking away from Paris, the United States will lose considerable power in these fora, and throughout international relations, as the credibility and reliability of the United States is called into question.
Continue to time.com article: http://time.com/4804073/donald-trump-kofi-annan-christiana-figueres-paris-climate-change/?xid=homepage
