“This is what the US’s new global isolation on climate change looks like”

With federal elections coming up in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel “needs some sort of win on climate change at the G20”, Andrew Light, a senior fellow at the World Resources Institute (WRI) told the Washington Post. Things will “get interesting” at the G20 after the US decided not to join provisions on climate change in yesterday’s G7 environment minister meeting communiqué: “will the United States abstain on climate change again, but this time not with Pruitt on stage but rather with President Trump there?” asks the Washington Post's Chris Mooney.

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For background, read the CLEW articles German reactions to US decision to withdraw from Paris Agreement and Germany, China urge US to remain in climate agreement.