Protests slam Donald Trump’s Paris U-turn

Environmentalists have vowed not to be deterred by the US’s rejection of the Paris Climate Change Accord but to use the international outcry to galvanise efforts towards meeting its carbon reduction targets.

Around 100 members of the Green Party, Friends of the Earth, Stop Climate Chaos, Trócaire, and other groups protested outside the US embassy in Dublin to express disappointment at Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the carbon reduction agreement.

As they waved banners, bounced inflatable globes, and staged a tug-of-war with a Green Party councillor in a Donald Trump mask, they said they were determined not to let Mr Trump deter the rest of the world’s efforts.