The UK’s Environment Secretary Michael Gove called out Donald Trump for his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Agreement, a disruptive, un-collaborative move that has been unpopular on both sides of the Atlantic.
Environment Secretary says 'It’s our planet too and America needs to know we can only resolve this problem together'
By Ian Johnston
Michael Gove has attacked Donald Trump over his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement on climate change, saying the world’s second biggest source of greenhouse gases could not “simply walk out of the room when the heat is on”.
Climate change won’t respect Trump’s proposed border wall scheme. The old nationalist paradigm doesn’t apply to our shared predicament. Only working collaboratively with an international community can reduce the shared harm.
“It is because environmental degradation is such a threat to future prosperity and security that I deeply regret President Trump’s approach towards the Paris Agreement on Climate Change,” Mr Gove said in a speech at environmental charity WWF-UK.
“I sincerely hope the recent indications that the President may be minded to think again do signal a change of heart.
“International co-operation to deal with climate change is critical if we’re to safeguard our planet’s future and the world’s second biggest generator of carbon emissions can’t simply walk out of the room when the heat is on.
Now a story emerges that Donald Trump has been invited to make an aptly named “Dummy Run” visit to Britain by the Torie Prime Minister Theresa May.
By SIMON WALTERS
- Donald Trump has been asked to make a ‘dummy’ State visit to Britain this year
- He has been invited to come for brief talks with Theresa May without royal pomp
- Nearly two million signed a petition calling for a state visit to be downgraded
- As a face-saving measure, Trump should be offered a State visit next year
Donald Trump has been asked to make a ‘dummy’ State visit to Britain this year to show he can avoid embarrassing the Queen.
He has been invited to come for brief talks with Theresa May – but with none of the Royal pomp and circumstance he wanted.
The decision will be hailed as a victory by nearly two million people who signed a petition calling for the trip to be downgraded to spare the Queen’s blushes because of Trump’s ‘misogyny and vulgarity.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan last week called for plans for a Trump State visit to be scrapped altogether.
He said: ‘State visits are different from normal visits and, at a time when Trump has many policies that many in Britain disagree with, I’m not sure it is appropriate to roll out the red carpet.’