Özet:

The United States (USA) is one of the most important actors in the fight against global climate change as the world’s largest economy and the second largest greenhouse gas emission producer. George W. Bush administration revealed that the United States was withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol in 2001, so the Kyoto Protocol remains insufficient to provide targeted emission reductions. During President Obama’s second term in January 2009, U.S. climate change and emission reduction activities increased both at the federal and international level. In the process of the Paris Agreement signed by 175 countries on World Day 2016, Obama declared that they are ready to take responsibility in the fight against climate change and take the international leadership role. But after the agreement came into force, Donald J. Trump, who won the U.S. presidential election in November 2016, announced that his country would withdraw from the Pa-ris agreement after he began his office. Thus, again, the United States has adopted a position that avoids taking responsibility and commitment in the international struggle against climate change. In this study on climate change, especially the statements of Obama and Trump and the policies they follow, discussed the responsibility or denial of climate change.

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