Hello 'Pussy' it's Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and Pippi Longstocking:
The
global reaction has been fierce and almost exclusively in favor of
keeping the United States in the 2015 agreement. In Europe last week, world leaders privately implored you not to bolt.
President
Emmanuel Macron of France told reporters that he urged you not to
make a “hasty decision.” Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany called her
discussions with you “very difficult, if not to say very
dissatisfying.”
The
global pressure campaign continued on Tuesday with the speech by Mr.
Guterres at New York University. While not specifically mentioning you
in his speech, the secretary general of the United Nations
referred to “those who might hold divergent perspectives” as he called
for all countries to fulfill the promises they made. After the speech,
in answer to a question from the audience, Mr. Guterres said he hoped
that the United States would stick to the deal, or that American
businesses would if the government did not.
“It
is absolutely essential that the world implements the Paris Agreement —
and that we fulfill that duty with increased ambition,” Mr. Guterres
said. “The real danger is not the threat to one’s economy that comes
from acting. It is, instead, the risk to one’s economy by failing to
act.”
