Al Gore: Trump has failed to knock Paris climate deal off course
by Fiona Harvey from on (#2Z063)
Former US vice president says the US will meet its climate commitments in spite of Donald Trump's withdrawal from the global agreement
Donald Trump has failed to knock the Paris climate agreement off course despite his efforts to derail it, according to the former US vice president Al Gore.
"The US will meet its commitments [on emissions] in spite of Donald Trump," he said in London, where his new film An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power was released on Friday. "Every other country has pledged [to combat climate change]. I think the psychological message is that the train has left the station. The signal sent to investors, businesses, individuals and civil society is extraordinarily powerful."
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