Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz laments that US President Donald Trump is reportedly poised to pull the US from the Paris climate agreement, and calls for the reduction of the risks of global warming.
“I hope that the US will continue to lead the global campaign to save the planet and the future of humanity,” he writes in a Facebook post. “Even if there’s a 50% probability that climate change and global warming are man-made phenomena, we must act to reduce those risks.”
“As Israel’s energy minister, I declare my commitment to reducing the use of polluting coal and replacing it with natural gas has not changed, regardless of the decision of the US president,” Steinitz writes.
He calls the 2015 Paris agreement a “rare case in which the world united out of concern for the health for the future generations.”
“It’s very important that — even if changes are made — that this historic initiative not fail.”
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