Newsletter (2017-2018) December 2017 Newsletter | Page 9

Breaking: America
Reiterates Inten-
tion to Exit Paris
Agreement
The Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Fei,
argues her point as the U.S. representative, Bernard Lau,
listens attentively.
By Tyler Wong for “Fox News”
The G20 Summit, an annual international meet-
ing between the heads of the largest countries,
just ended on November 25th, 2017. In the en-
vironment sector, the representative of the Unit-
ed States announced shocking news: America is
definitively withdrawing from the Paris Agree-
ment. For me and the people of the United States,
it was like a gift from heaven. We can see that,
although America has contributed so much in
mitigating the climate change issue, many oth-
er G20 countries have simply failed to do what
they promised to do in the Agreement.
During the conference, we were delighted to have
Dr. Christine Halse say a few words on the inter-
cultural challenge in this era of super-diversity.
“A humanitarian cares about equal treatment of
humankind; a nationalist cares about foreign-
ers’ draining their resources.” The U.S, a major
world leader, claims to be taking a humanitarian
stance, but when terror strikes, it becomes par-
alysed in stopping atrocities in war-torn coun-
tries. Is the U.S. wholeheartedly determined to
solve the world refugee crisis, or are they drag-
ging their heels and giving refugees false hope
According to the reports of the United States En-
that they will be happily resettled soon?
vironmental Protection Agency (EPA), a federal
Countries need to be alert and take action on organization that mainly writes and enforces
promoting repatriation by providing sufficient regulations based on laws passed by Congress,
funding support to war torn countries. By im- the United States spends an average of US$8 bil-
proving their infrastructure, repatriation would lion annually on environmental protection. The
be carried out more efficiently, without the need number shows our nation’s willingness to pro-
to activate President Trump’s four-month travel tect the environment.
ban and more stringent screening tests. Coun-
tries should also not turn a blind eye to the
emerging situation of family reunification. Col-
laboration between intelligence networks can
help fulfil refugees’ most vital need – reuniting
with their family. Quoting our guest speaker Dr.
Mark Michelson, “Collaborative problem-solv-
ing is fundamental in combating world issues.”
For peacemaking to happen, countries need to
start being team players to enact change.
Janice’s hard work and
passion for journalism
is what drives her to-
wards her goal of being
a high-caliber journalist
reporting current affairs.
She is currently studying
education in English.
DECEMBER 2017
Besides monetary resources on environmental
protection, since 2005 annual U.S. carbon di-
oxide emissions have declined by 758 million
metric tons, according to the 2017 BP Statistical
Review of World Energy. That is by far the larg-
est decline of any country in the world over that
timespan and is close to the 770 million metric
ton decline for the entire European Union. The
data once again screams our dedication to the
climate change issue.
America tells the world that we care about the
environment by not only signing the Paris Agree-
ment, but also by investing money and actually
decreasing the rate of carbon emission.
However, what reactions do we get from China,
after signing the Paris Agreement?
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