Look at India, their air is filthy: Trump
October 23, 2020 08:43
With just 12 days until the presidential election, US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden squared off on in their final debate.
US President Donald Trump described the air in India, China and Russia as "filthy" as he defended his decision to withdrew from the Paris climate accord, which, he said would have made America a non-competitive nation.
"Look at China, how filthy it is. Look at Russia. Look at India. The air is filthy. I walked out of the Paria Accord as we had to take out trillions of dollars and we were treated very unfairly," he said during the televised debate with Democratic White House challenger Joe Biden.
"I will not sacrifice millions of jobs... thousands of companies because of the Paris Accord. It is very unfair," he said at the televised debate in which the two candidates avoided shaking hands due to safety risks.
Last year, the US formally notified the UN of its withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, a global agreement in which President Trump's predecessor Barack Obama had played a key role.
India is the fourth highest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, accounting for 7 per cent of global emissions in 2017, according to the projection by the Global Carbon Project published in December, 2018.
The top four emitters in 2017, which covered 58 per cent of global emissions, were China (27 per cent), the US (15 per cent), the European Union (10 per cent) and India (7 per cent), it said.
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