Former Ghana President blasts Donald Trump over decision to quit Paris Agreement
Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump over his decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement signed by his predecessor Barack Obama.
In a series of tweets, Mahama faulted Trump’s move, saying it was a sad day for global cooperation.
The Paris Agreement is to strengthen the global response to climate change by creating an international network of government bodies, all dedicated to lowering emissions.
All countries excluding Nicaragua and Syria signed the agreement.
According to the agreement, the countries that are deemed to be the worst polluters in the world would be made to pay for the pollution. The cost is estimated at $150 per tonne of carbon emission.
The aim is to improve the quality of air among other mitigating climate effects.
In one of the tweets, Mahama said;
“Unbelievable! A very sad day for global cooperation. Trump’s decision on climate change comes from a truly misinformed position. The NDCs agreed at COP21 were voluntary and reached by consensus. Like a flag changing direction in the wind, the world becomes a truly unpredictable place when such global treaties can be reversed by the electoral decisions of one nation. The rest of the world will forge on with the Paris Agreement. We owe it to our children and future generations. The US has just abdicated its leadership on a matter of critical global importance.”
Meanwhile, Trump has said his decision is in the interest of Americans. “I was elected by the citizens of Pittsburgh,” Trump said, “not Paris,” he said in his speech on the agreement Thursday.
