Trump ditches Paris climate agreement

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US president calls climate change agreement ‘unfair’

President Trump has announced that the US will withdraw from the Paris climate accord, under which nearly 200 countries committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and limiting global temperature rises. The nation’s science community has stood by the international agreement and stressed its importance with the American Chemical Society (ACS) expressing grave concerns following the abandonment of the agreement.