Paris climate agreeement gives US what it wants now

The Paris Climate Agreement could well remain intact despite the Trump administration’s earlier statements and actions on the Clean Power Plan, according to the lead climate lawyer who worked on the deal.  As it stands now, the agreement gives the United States basically what it wanted, said former U.S. State Department Deputy Legal Adviser and Lead Climate Lawyer Susan Biniaz.   Specifically, instead of emissions reductions imposed by others, the agreement gave the United States and other countries the right to determine their own contributions to global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.On the other hand, if the United States pulled out of the agreement, America’s credibility in the international sphere could be severely damaged, and other countries might be much less willing to bargain on foreign policy matters, Biniaz suggested.