China's Xi Jinping says Paris climate deal must not be allowed to fail
by Tom Phillips in Beijing from on (#29DHD)
President says 'we only have one homeland' in a coded warning to Donald Trump not to dismantle the agreement
The world must not allow the Paris climate deal to be "derailed" or continue to inflict irreparable damage on the environment, Chinese president Xi Jinping has said, amid fears the rise of Donald Trump could strike a body blow to the fight against global warming.
Trump, who will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, has threatened to pull out of the historic Paris agreement and dismissed climate change as a Chinese "hoax" and "expensive" bullshit".
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