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US Participating in COP-23, Despite Rejection of Paris Climate Deal


A woman walks past a tent, set up by U.S. groups opposed to U.S. President Donald Trump climate policies, on the sidelines of U.N. COP-23 climate conference in Bonn, Germany, Nov. 9, 2017. According to the State Department, the U.S. is represented at the talks.
A woman walks past a tent, set up by U.S. groups opposed to U.S. President Donald Trump climate policies, on the sidelines of U.N. COP-23 climate conference in Bonn, Germany, Nov. 9, 2017. According to the State Department, the U.S. is represented at the talks.

The United States is participating in the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP-23) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, despite President Donald Trump's announcement it will be leaving the Paris Climate Accords.

The State Department says a U.S. delegation is participating in the conference in Bonn, Germany.

A State Department statement Monday said, "The United States remains a Party in good standing to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and is participating in ongoing negotiations under the Framework Convention as well as the Paris Agreement, in order to ensure a level playing field that benefits and protects U.S. interests."

The president announced in June the United States will leave the Paris climate agreement, which would obligate the United States to cut its overall greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26 percent by 2025, compared with 2005 levels.

Trump, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt have all questioned how much human activity has contributed to climate change.

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