How should world leaders punish Trump for pulling out of Paris accord? | Wael Hmaidan
by Wael Hmaidan from Environment | The Guardian on (#2T1A4)
The international community must show Trump, and any other leaders that may follow suit, that other core diplomatic goals - such as Nato funding - will depend on honouring their climate commitments
World leaders' response to Donald Trump's announcement that he would withdraw the US from the Paris agreement was strong and unified. But did it sting the president and his administration? To deter other potential backsliders and maintain the integrity of the Paris agreement, the perpetrator of a defection of this magnitude should be made to feel the pain. But how?
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