André Corrêa do Lago, the experienced Brazilian diplomat and climate negotiator appointed this week, told the Financial Times that the exit of the US could also allow nations such as China, India and Brazil to take a bigger role in the world’s most important climate talks.

Exiting the Paris agreement “is in clear defiance of scientific realities and shows an administration cruelly indifferent to the harsh climate change impacts that people in the

Trump signed an executive order that begins the process of withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, which he also did during his first term.

The Paris Climate Accords are a voluntarily commitment by developed nations to reduce carbon emissions over the next decades. Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans have repeatedly spr