“Americans are willing to continue to work even with a climate change denier in the White House,” Bloomberg told a packed audience in Madrid. “The White House matters, but sometimes not too much," he added. Bloomberg, like other Democratic hopefuls, has vowed to rejoin the Paris accord if he's elected president next year. The Trump administration has sent a low-level delegation to the talks, led by a career diplomat, Ambassador Marcia Bernicat. John Kerry, the former Secretary of State under the last Democratic administration, is also attending events on the sidelines of the Madrid climate conference.

Source: International New York Times December 10, 2019 08:55 UTC