Twitter users react to #ParisAgreement announcement
On 1 June, president Trump announced that the US will withdraw from the accord.
SOCIAL media has erupted with reactions to president, Donald Trump’s announcement that America will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
The accord was signed in 2015 by countries across the globe, apart from Nicaragua, citing the agreement as not being tough enough and Syria, which was and still is involved in a civil war. Signatories of the accord agreed to certain frameworks around the emission of greenhouse gases and other contributors to global warming.
On 1 June, president Trump announced that the US will withdraw from the accord and Twitter erupted with responses, both in agreement with him and in opposition:
Statement on the US' withdrawal from the Paris climate agreements. #parisagreementhttps://t.co/T4XOjWZW0Q
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/likeagirlinc/status/870522230723067904
https://twitter.com/MrJamesonNeat/status/870482572328947712
.@NYDailyNews cover tomorrow. Ugh. #ParisAgreement #ClimateChangeIsReal pic.twitter.com/JDT1ahxBCs
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly 🌸 (@AynRandPaulRyan) June 2, 2017
Heads of State & of Government of France, Germany & Italy on US decision to withdraw from #ParisAgreement pic.twitter.com/wsqK6sLjK1
— German Embassy (@GermanyinUSA) June 2, 2017
"I had a good run."
– Earth #ParisAgreement— 22Minutes (@22_Minutes) June 2, 2017
Trump's biggest lie is jobs…#Climate #ParisAgreement #resist #UniteBlue #p2 pic.twitter.com/IpIgcoASBv
— Bruce Bourgoine (@BruceBourgoine) June 2, 2017
Maybe people would respect Hollywoods opinion on climate change if they didn't fly around in jets every day. Just sayin….. #ParisAgreement
— John doe (@juhhhjgghk) June 2, 2017
#ClimateChangeIsReal:
1977~The Next Ice Age..
2017~Global Warming..#ParisAgreement Is Nothing But A Scam💯
Trump Saved Us $3 TRILLION😎#MAGA pic.twitter.com/Ki1zf7HybS— Deplorable🎃Texan (@MediaJuggernaut) June 2, 2017
President Trump just saved us 2.5 Trillion dollars over the next 18 years but congress won't give us $20bil for our wall? 🤔#ParisAgreement pic.twitter.com/16kkhOJtSQ
— Unfiltered☢Boss (@Unfilteredboss1) June 2, 2017
The truth is the Earth will survive long after were gone. It doesn’t need us. WE NEED THE EARTH. #ParisAgreement 🌏
— Joey Graceffa (@JoeyGraceffa) June 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/itsAdamJSmith/status/870418354057732097
For more information on the accord go to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change website.
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