The day after the United States announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the European Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra, described the decision as “regrettable and unfortunate” on Thursday 8 January.
The day before, the White House had confirmed that US President Donald Trump had signed an executive order for the United States to withdraw from 66 international organisations and agreements deemed to be contrary to...