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When I interviewed United Nations General Assembly President Peter Thomson and asked him about President Trump’s recent decision to withdraw from the 195-country Paris climate change agreement, I thought he would respond with an angry condemnation of the U.S. leader’s decision.
After all, U.N. experts have called Trump’s June 2 pullout from the global agreement a potentially catastrophic decision for the planet’s efforts to reduce global warming. And Thomson himself is a diplomat from Fiji, a South Pacific country of 333 islands, several of which are already threatened by rising sea levels.
But to my big surprise, Thomson told me that he’s not too concerned about Trump’s decision, which has been criticized by governments across the world.
«Perhaps the impact has been, in many ways, more positive than negative,» Thomson said. «I think there’s a surge of realization around the world about the need for climate action. People who were maybe just sitting on the sidelines before have been moved to realize that they have to step up with the great majority of the world in taking climate action.»
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