Pesident-Elect Donald Trump's victory for the Republican Party in the United States presidential election puts the global climate action agenda to limit warming at risk of failure.

The US and several of the world's most industrialized economies have a mammoth fair share of debt to the planet over their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions driving human-induced warming since the fossil-fueled industrial revolution.

Another withdrawal from the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement like Trump's presidency in 2019 would remove a major party of interest to the critical United Nations-backed accord.

Despite the risks of a diversion from climate action commitments on the US part over the past few years, American cities have adopted greener ways of getting around.

Our reporters are in Washington DC and spoke to people as the sunset to the reality of the election outcome on Thursday.

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