Global climate policy faces uncertainty

Global climate change policy is in a state of flux, with all other countries waiting for the United States to decide whether to leave or remain in the Paris Agreement, Martin Khor, Executive Director of the Geneva-based South Center told IPS.

That treaty, adopted by 195 countries with great fanfare in December 2015, came into force in November 2016, symbolizing the efforts of governments to cooperate to avert disastrous global warming that threatens human survival.