Syria to Join Paris Climate Pact, Leaving U.S. Isolated
Despite a pending withdrawal, U.S. states, nonprofits, and businesses have declared allegiance to the agreement's emissions-limiting goals.
Syria, a nation racked by civil war, has vowed to join a global initiative to curb climate change. Now, the only country outside that agreement is the U.S.
War-torn Syria announced it would sign the Paris Agreement on November 7 at the COP23 UN Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany. The 2015 agreement restricts global temperature increases by 2 degrees Celsius, and it implements efforts to limit increases after that to 1.5 degrees. Syria, which has been engaged in armed conflict since anti-government protests turned the country in on itself in 2012, held off on committing to the non-binding pact due to internal strife.
Nicaragua signed the agreement in late October, but President Trump announced in June
