France says US ‘must respect’ climate commitment

The US “must respect” the commitments made under President Barack Obama, his French counterpart Francois Hollande says at a UN climate summit held in the shadow of Donald Trump’s victory.

French President Francois Hollande (C) and Qatari Emir Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) pose among other world leaders the UN World Climate Change Conference 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco on November 15, 2016. ( AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA)
French President Francois Hollande (C) and Qatari Emir Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) pose among other world leaders the UN World Climate Change Conference 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco on November 15, 2016. ( AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA)

“The United States, the world’s strongest economy, must respect the commitments it has undertaken,” Hollande says in Marrakesh, Morocco. “It is not only their duty, it is in their interest as well as (the interest of) all people.”

President-elect Trump has previously called climate change a “hoax” perpetrated by China, and has threatened to “cancel” the climate rescue agreement concluded in Paris last year.

AFP

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