Read Story TranscriptAs Americans await the results of Tuesday's federal election, experts say the U.S. needs a president that will not only bring the country back into the Paris climate agreement, but step up the country's commitments to address climate change. "The Paris Agreement is not going to save us," said the University of Toronto political science professor, who specializes in international climate policy. Today, the Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Agreement. "But at the same time, the design of the Paris Agreement is such that success doesn't necessarily depend on the U.S."Every country gets to decide what it is going to do." "This is an existential crisis, and an existential crisis requires existential politics."

Source: CBC News November 05, 2020 18:45 UTC