UN climate chief extends olive branch to Trump

The head of the United Nations climate change program congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, while urging the new administration not to back out of the Paris climate change agreement.

“Now that the Paris Agreement has entered into force, all countries, along with subnational governments and non-state actors, have the shared responsibility to continue the great progress achieved to date,” said Salaheddine Mezouar, president of the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the U.N. framework on climate change.