And he has said he will walk away from the 2015 Paris climate accord. But the other factor at play is that fighting climate change has finally become a profitable business activity. The UN reports that, as solar and wind technology evolve, the price of renewable energy is coming down around the world. When U.S. President George W. Bush withdrew from the Kyoto accord on climate change in 2001, he effectively killed the treaty. Will all of this be enough to prevent the coastal flooding and extreme weather associated with climate change?

Source: thestar November 21, 2016 11:01 UTC