This article examines the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement as part of a long-standing pattern of resistance to binding global environmental commitments. It argues that U.S. climate intransigence has consistently undermined multilateral efforts to address the climate crisis, while weakening principles of equity and historical responsibility.
The essay critically evaluates the Paris Agreement itself, highlighting its voluntary nature and the dilution of “common but differentiated responsibilities,” and challenges allegations against developing countries through per capita emissions and historical responsibility.
The author, Dr. S. Faizi, is a renowned environmentalist and a world-level expert in biodiversity. By linking climate change to global power relations, inequality, and political accountability, the article places the climate crisis firmly within the framework of political ecology and climate justice.
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