Africa: Naturalist Attenborough Optimistic U.S. Will Rejoin Global Climate Pact

Cheltenham, England — British naturalist David Attenborough said on Saturday he was hopeful that the United States would return to an international climate deal to tackle global warning as denying climate change and its impacts would be "catastrophic".

Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in southwest England, Attenborough said it had been a "tragedy" that U.S. President Donald Trump decided last year to quit the 2015 Paris climate agreement and promote the U.S. fossil fuel industry.

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