Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from the Paris climate agreement, a key international effort to combat climate change. The 2015 accord, embraced by nearly 200 nations, seeks to limit the rise in global temperatures to prevent severe climate impacts. In light of record-high temperatures and increasing weather disasters in the US, this decision is viewed as a disregard for scientific consensus regarding climate change. Critics, such as Rachel Cleetus from the Union of Concerned Scientists, argue that this move signifies an insensitivity towards the real-world consequences of climate change on people globally.
Exiting the Paris agreement 'is in clear defiance of scientific realities and shows an administration cruelly indifferent to the harsh climate change impacts that people in the United States and around the world are experiencing,' Rachel Cleetus noted.
The Paris agreement aims to keep global temperatures within roughly the same temperature range, preventing warming of more than 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius.
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