17 January, 2017

Trump warming to reality of climate change, says senior Chinese official

 A protest in New York against climate change
sceptics in Donald Trump’s cabinet.
China’s chief climate negotiator has attempted to calm fears that Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House will spell disaster for the fight against climate change.

Trump, who has dismissed climate change as “bullshit” and a Chinese hoax, will become the first climate sceptic to occupy the highest office in the US when he is sworn in on Friday.

Climate scientists and campaigners have expressed alarm at the impact the presence of so many climate deniers and environmental enemies in Trump’s cabinet could have on efforts to prevent catastrophic and irreversible global warming.

But speaking to the government-run China Daily newspaper, China’s special representative for climate change, Xie Zhenhua, played down such concerns.

Read the story on The Guardian by Tom Phillips in Beijing - “Trump warming to reality of climate change, says senior Chinese official.”

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