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Clinton Calls Trump's Decision to Pull Out of Climate Deal 'Historic Mistake'

© AP Photo / Mary AltafferFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center in New York, Thursday, April 6, 2017
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center in New York, Thursday, April 6, 2017 - Sputnik International
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Former US State Secretary Hillary Clinton on Friday criticized the decision of President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement of 2015 aimed at fighting the global climate change, calling the move "a historic mistake."

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Trump announced the decision to quit the agreement on Thursday. The president expressed the readiness to renegotiate the deal under terms that would be "fair to the United States," but EU leaders subsequently rejected the proposal in a joint communique.

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the G7 Summit expanded session in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017 - Sputnik International
Trump Paris Accord Exit Abdicates US Global Leadership on Science - Ex-Envoy
​During the election campaign, Trump has repeatedly voiced intention to withdraw from the Paris climate accord. The participation in the international agreement was discussed during the G7 summit held in Italy on May 26-27, during which the United States failed to reach the consensus with other counties.

The Paris Agreement, created within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and championed by former US President Barack Obama, was ratified by 147 countries out of 197 parties to the convention. The deal aims at keeping the increase in average global temperature at below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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