Declassified US diplomatic records reveal how India played a central role in shaping the Paris climate agreement, ensuring a non-binding framework that preserved development space while enabling its entry into a universal global climate regim
The historic accord seeks to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius, the value that climate scientists have determined will have disastrous consequences if exceeded.
In 2017, Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, saying the international deal to keep global temperatures rises below 2 degree Celsius was disadvantageous to US workers.