Concerns are mounting that Donald Trump’s victory could embolden some fossil fuel-rich countries to try unpicking the historic Paris climate agreement, which came into force last week. Trump has called global warming a hoax and promised to withdraw the US from the Paris accord. “We must know what climate policies he intends to pursue,” Juncker said in a speech in Berlin on Thursday. Sir Edward Davey, who was the UK’s energy and climate secretary from 2012-15, told the Guardian: “The signal of Trump for climate and energy policy internationally is about as bad as it could get. The fact the Paris agreement has come into force does constrain what Trump can actually do.

Source: The Guardian November 11, 2016 16:50 UTC