{"id":4265,"date":"2017-05-31T13:56:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T17:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/we-act-on-trumps-decision-to-exit-paris-climate-agreement\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:15:05","slug":"we-act-on-trumps-decision-to-exit-paris-climate-agreement","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/we-act-on-trumps-decision-to-exit-paris-climate-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"WE ACT on Trump\u2019s Decision to Exit Paris Climate Agreement"},"template":"","class_list":["post-4265","update","type-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_type-press-release","person_tax-peggy-shepard"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":5221,"update_type":[366],"focus_area":false,"authors":[232],"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>\r\n<\/strong>May 31, 2017<br \/>\r\nMedia Contact: Brooke Havlik, 212-961-1000 ext. 320, brooke@weact.org<\/p>\r\n<p>New York, NY \u2014 Major news sources are reporting that President Trump has made the decision to withdraw from the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/unfccc.int\/files\/essential_background\/convention\/application\/pdf\/english_paris_agreement.pdf\">Paris Climate Agreement<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The President tweeted this morning that the official decision will be released within days. The agreement has commitments from over 190\u00a0nations worldwide, and the widely condemned plan to exit means the U.S. would join Nicaragua and Syria as some of the only nations not committed to stopping the climate crisis. It also means the U.S., the world&#8217;s second-largest emitter, will break ranks with the nearly universal agreement on climate action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><strong>In response, WE ACT\u2019s Executive Director, Peggy Shepard issued the following statement:<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s move to exit the Paris Climate Agreement is a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">colossal <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mistake. His careless decision\u2014without consideration of the irrefutable science or engagement with the public on this issue\u2014signals that he is out of whack with reality. \u00a0According to new<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mailchi.mp\/yale\/states-support-paris-2621245?e=019c0d3026\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yale research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 70% of registered voters want to stay in the COP21 agreement. And why do they want to stay in the agreement? Because they are already witnessing hotter summers, more floods, and the economic costs of extreme weather\u2014and they know it will only get worse. 70% of American voters know there will be devastating human suffering because of President Trump&#8217;s ambivalence towards scientific facts and evidence. \u00a0In my own city of NYC, the local residents who are least responsible for this problem are the most likely to suffer the consequences of climate change. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But here is the good news: the fight for climate justice is being led by frontline communities, indigenous activists, and grassroots groups nationwide\u2014and we have COLLECTIVE POWER. The public is not on the GOP\u2019s side with this shameful decision. We will continue to work at the local, state and federal level to ensure that communities of color and low-income communities voices are heard nationwide in the decision-making process, and that our elected political leadership fights for climate justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n","include_drop_cap":false}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WE ACT on Trump\u2019s Decision to Exit Paris Climate Agreement - WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/we-act-on-trumps-decision-to-exit-paris-climate-agreement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WE ACT on Trump\u2019s Decision to Exit Paris Climate Agreement - 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