It's becoming more and more clear that Trump's withdraw from the Paris accords is a monumentally stupid act. Apparently the US cannot even withdraw from the agreement until four years later but a subsequent president can join it in under 30 days. Take this with the fact the agreement was voluntary non-binding emissions targets AND was negotiated with US favorability in mind, Trump's decision makes absolutely no sense except to destroy what good will the US has with the international community and stoke Trump's ego.
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While President Trump has vowed to formally withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, sparking international outrage, it doesn’t necessarily mean the end of U.S. involvement forever. A future president could have us back in the agreement in as little as 30 days, legal experts say.
Under the rules of the Paris agreement, parties are allowed to exit and reenter as they choose, although withdrawing is a much lengthier legal process than returning. And there are no provisions stipulating how much time has passed after withdrawal before a nation can begin the process of rejoining the agreement.
“A subsequent president would thus be able to submit a document stating the United States’ intention to become a party to the Agreement as soon as she or he wanted to,” Michael Burger, executive director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, said in an email to The Washington Post — although he added that such an action is certainly outside the norm.
“Countries don’t typically withdraw from complex international agreements that they led the way in negotiating,” he said.
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