Climate

The Guardian - The Trump administration’s exit from the world’s most important climate treaty – the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – may have been illegal, some experts say. “In my legal opinion, he does not have the authority,” says Harold Hongju Koh, former head lawyer for the US state department. The US entered the UNFCCC with the consultation and approval of the Senate in 1992.

Axios - The climate agenda's fall from grace over the past year has been stunning — in speed, scale and scope. Whether this collapse in climate-change ambition proves permanent or temporary will shape the planet — which is still warming in unprecedented ways — and trillions of dollars in global energy investment.

President Trump last week announced that he's withdrawing from the world's flagship climate treaty that's been in place for more than 30 years, making the U.S. the only country not to be part of it.

"There's no hand-waving about how 'We want to cooperate on climate,'" oil historian and S&P Global vice chairman Dan Yergin said in an interview. "It's, 'We're slamming the door on that issue.'"...

.After the Cold War, countries — led by the U.S. — bonded together and created global institutions.

The last Mhas seen an epic reversal that spread quickly from governments to boardrooms to pop culture.... More