On Saturday at the Bonn conference on climate change, these groups joined together to make “America’s pledge”, a commitment to combat global warming, in stark opposition to the Trump administration. “This is very powerful,” said Paul Bodnar, a former lead negotiator at the climate talks for the US under Barack Obama. Despite the geographical proximity of the “America’s Pledge” delegation, there are limits to what non-state actors can do. “We are extremely supportive of the whole mass of cities, states and territories who have been aligning themselves with the Paris agreement,” he said. “America’s Pledge is a start and we’ll be holding our elected officials, including governor Jerry Brown, to his word.

Source: The Guardian November 11, 2017 10:30 UTC