Yesterday, after weeks of ego-boosting suspense, Donald Trump confirmed that he will pull America out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. A jazz band played in the background as the President prepared to make his address. Talk about music for the end of the world.
But the international community has rallied to the cause of the “irreversible” accord – and turned what could have been the climate movement’s darkest hour, into one of its brightest.
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