American Indians have promised to comply with the Paris climate agreement

Several native American tribes decided to go against the President of the United States Donald Trump and announced the intention to comply with the Paris climate agreement. About it reports The Independent.

They decided on its territory to fight climate change and promote the initiative among the rest of Americans. The Indians swinomish in Washington state, for example, have taken measures to protect salmon populations, and peoples of Tlingit and Hyde began to measure the level of acidity of ocean water.

According to experts, Indians have little impact on climate change, however their place of residence will suffer from it the most.

1 Jun Donald trump has declared that the USA is out of the Paris agreement, explaining that the implementation of these agreements can bring losses for the country. However, on 16 July the President of France Emmanuel macron said, trump has promised to abolish this decision.

The Paris agreement in 2015 provides for the allocation of $ 100 billion to developing countries for climate solutions. It replaced the Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted in 1997 to complement the UN framework Convention on climate change. In accordance with the provisions of the Protocol, developed countries and countries with economies in transition to reduce or stabilize emissions of environmentally harmful greenhouse gases.

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