A Paris Progress Report

Published: May 18, 2018, 7:01 a.m.

b'In June 2017, President Trump announced his plan to withdraw the country from the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, claiming it disadvantaged the United States. The symbolism of the American government\\u2019s retreat overshadowed the reality that the U.S. business community has embraced a low-carbon future. \\u201cWe committed under Paris to do nothing we weren\\u2019t gonna do anyway and that we aren\\u2019t doing anyway,\\u201d says former Sierra Club chairman Carl Pope. Many countries have also reaffirmed their commitments to the Paris agreement. But how much progress has really been made, both at home and abroad?\\n\\nGuests:\\nGil Duran, Former Spokesman for Gov. Jerry Brown and Sen. Dianne Feinstein\\nBill Hare, Founder and CEO, Climate Analytics\\nAmy Myers Jaffe, Executive Director, Energy and Sustainability, UC Davis Graduate School of Management\\nCarl Pope Former Executive Director, Sierra Club\\nJim Sweeney, Director, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Stanford University\\n\\nPortions of this program were recorded at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'