UK based disaster relief agency, ShelterBox, offers comment on Donald Trump’s impending decision to withdraw America from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

ShelterBox has grown over 17 years into an international organisation with affiliates all over the world, including ShelterBox USA. The charity's experience in the world’s worst disaster and conflict zones brings unique insight into the effects of extreme weather. 

Chris Warham, Chief Executive of ShelterBox, said: 

“Climate change is not fake news.

'America leaving the Paris Climate Change Agreement is incredibly disappointing and could mean even more hardship for the most vulnerable people on our planet.

'Our work with devastated communities across the world has shown us first-hand how the growth and movement of populations, combined with poverty and increasing extreme weather events, means more and more families are dealing with the consequences: flooding, landslides, drought, famine' and tropical storms.

'Leaders in the global community have a responsibly to unite and do more to protect the people who are impacted the hardest by these events.

'We urge Mr Trump to reconsider remaining committed to the Paris agreement on climate change.”   

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