"The global community expected as much from a president who has pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement for the second time, slashed funding for renewable energy, championed fossil fuel projects and told world leaders at the UN in September that climate change is the "greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world." But delegates from Washington state, along with governors, mayors and other representatives from states and cities across the US, are determined to pick up the slack."
"Inslee was speaking to DW from Rio de Janeiro, where he was taking part in pre-COP events last week ahead of the main climate talks. "The United States have not pulled out of Paris. One part of the United States has, and that's the federal government," said Inslee, a founding member of the US Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of governors which includes 23 states and one territory."
Washington will not send a top-level team to COP in Belem, Brazil, while the federal government has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement, reduced renewable energy funding and supported fossil fuel projects. States, cities and territories representing roughly two-thirds of the US population and nearly three-quarters of its economic output are participating in global climate efforts. Subnational leaders and members of the US Climate Alliance attended pre-COP events in Rio de Janeiro to signal continued US engagement. Delegations stressed that federal withdrawal does not equal nationwide retreat and sought to counter misperceptions to preserve international confidence in climate progress.
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