Latin American Economy & Business - June 2017 (ISSN 1741-7430)

Region: Assessing the climate change challenge

Regional Business Review by LatinNews 09 June 2017 Modified: 12 June 2017 666 views

The announcement by Donald Trump that he intends to pull the US out of the Paris climate change agreement reached in December 2015 has been widely criticised by other signatories. Countries from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have been broadly supportive of the need for action to mitigate the effects of climate change. The US decision, and shifts in energy usage, may have far-reaching effects on the region.

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