Prime Minister Trudeau and President Macron Are Taking on Climate Change Together

It was last June that the US, the world’s second-largest emitter of carbon dioxide, announced it was leaving the Paris Climate Accord.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, says goodbye
 to French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting
 at the Elysee Palace in Paris, April 16, 2018.

Now, the leaders of Canada and France are joining forces to combat climate change together.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Paris on Monday to confirm a partnership in the fight against climate change.

The countries agreed to work more closely on tackling targets laid out in the Paris Agreement, according to a press release from the Prime Minister’s Office.

Read the story by Jackie Marchildon from Global Citizen - “Prime Minister Trudeau and President Macron Are Taking on Climate Change Together.”