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The withdrawal of the United States (US) from the Paris Agreement has serious implications for an effective global response to climate change. It has given a fresh lease of life to fossil fuels, which will benefit its American producers. It can also adversely impact the growth of the renewable-energy sector, in which China is the dominant player, and therefore suits the flow of American politics. However, what it ignores is that climate change is not a threat anymore but a reality which has universally impacted contemporary human experience and, therefore, the need for its mitigation is unlikely to be driven
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