Trump calls India filthy in context of air pollution |
US President Donald Trump on Thursday described the air in India, China, and Russia as "filthy" as he defended his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, which, he said, would have made America a non-competitive nation. He was speaking during a debate with Democratic White House challenger Joe Biden. India is the fourth highest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, accounting for 7 % of global emissions in 2017, according to the projection by the Global Carbon Project published in December, 2018. The top four emitters in 2017, which covered 58 per cent of global emissions, were China, the US, the European Union and India. While defending his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, which, he said, would have made America a non-competitive nation, Trump said that he will not sacrifice millions of jobs, thousands of companies because of the Paris Accord. In 2017, Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, a global agreement in which President Trump`s predecessor Barack Obama had played a key role. The Paris climate accord aims to cap global warming "well below" two degrees Celsius. Donald Trump`s remarks come days before Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper are to visit New Delhi for talks on building the growing US-India partnership. The US President has repeatedly blamed countries like India and China for not doing enough on climate change.
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