Map Shows How Paris Reversal Isolates U.S. From World

1Nicaragua refused to join the Paris Agreement because the country believes that the accord’s voluntary goals are insufficient.

2A brutal civil war and international sanctions made it difficult for Syria to attend the Paris negotiations and deliver an emissions-reduction goal.

The United States now stands alone in leaving the Paris Agreement. Here’s what that could mean for the country on the global stage.

news.nationalgeographic.com - by Michael Greshko - June 2, 2017

President Donald Trump has proclaimed his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement—a rejection of climate change that moves the country toward isolation on the global stage . . .

 . . . Far from reclaiming other countries’ respect, Trump’s decision threatens to make the United States an international pariah. If the U.S. makes good on Trump’s promise to withdraw—which cannot happen until November 4, 2020, one day after the 2020 U.S. presidential elections—the country will join only two other countries that are not parties to the accord, Nicaragua and Syria.

Of the three countries, the U.S. stands alone in its rejection of the deal as too onerous.

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