Trudeau, Trump Meeting Sidesteps Countries' Climate Change Agreements

"A year after Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama pledged cooperation on climate goals, Canadian PM's first meeting with President Trump produced no mention of them."

"President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada voiced commitments to work together on a range of issues at a meeting Monday at the White House, from trade to border security. But they gave no indication that the two leaders talked about climate change.

Last year, Trudeau and then-President Barack Obama agreed on a goal of cutting emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, by 40 to 45 percent by 2025. The pledge came as part of a larger set of commitments on energy and Arctic policy.

Obama said at the time that the two countries were "responsible for a lot of the carbon pollution that is causing climate change. If we don't agree, if we're not aggressive, if we're not far-sighted, if we don't pool our resources around the research, and development and clean energy agenda required to solve this problem, then other countries won't step up and it won't get solved.""

Nicholas Kusnetz reports for InsideClimate News February 13, 2017.