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Trudeau, Trump Meeting Sidesteps the Countries' Climate Change Agreements

Inside Climate News: 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."

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