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U.S. Exit From Paris Climate Agreement Will 'Hit Africa Hard'

Unlike the U.S.' previous exit, which lasted only 107 days before former president Joe Biden rejoined the agreement in 2021, there is now a reasonable time for significant harm to global climate action efforts, writes Dhesigen Naidoo, Research Associate at the Institute for Security Studies. 

Naidoo said the impacts of the U.S withdrawal will be felt at "multiple levels," including in limited funding for the full implementation of the Paris agreement and the "gap" it will leave in global institutions.

"The US' dismissive stance on climate change, combined with Trump's insistence that North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries increase their defence spending amidst heightened global insecurity, may see climate funding reduced in the developing world," Naidoo wrote.

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French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris, France, in June 2023.

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