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5 claims Trump used to justify pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement - and the reality
5 claims Trump used to justify pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement - and the reality
Dana Varinsky,Dave Mosher,Ariel SchwartzDec 29, 2017, 06:02 IST
Donald Trump, announcing his decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord, argued the deal would have led to an insignificant global temperature drop.Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that he would begin pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. The accord, signed by all but two countries, aims to keep the world from warming by more than 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, a threshold that scientists say could save the planet from the worst-case scenarios of climate change.
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During a White House news conference, Trump outlined his reasons for leaving the agreement. Many of them, however, were based on questionable data. Here are some of Trump's main arguments for exiting the pact - and what the numbers say about them.
