Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis congratulated the U.S. on its return to Paris Agreement on Climate Change
On 22 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis took part in a virtual meeting of the European Union’s foreign ministers with the United States climate envoy John Kerry. The meeting focused on reinventing the EU-U.S. relations on climate after the new U.S. administration announced that the country would re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Landsbergis welcomed the U.S. return to the Paris Agreement, other multilateral formats, and noted that the transition to clean energy should be based on global environmental and nuclear safety standards. The Foreign Minister also invited the U.S. to actively participate in green projects both in the EU and in its southern and eastern neighbours.
The EU is responsible for for 8% of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while the US is responsible for 15% of total anthropogenic GHG emissions. Thus, the involvement of other polluters is also needed to help tackle climate change.
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