Paris climate summit: Schwarzenegger world leaders gather
Emmanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron  right  and Hungarian President Janos Ader leave after their talks at the Elysee Palace  in Paris  Tuesday  Dec. 12  2017. (Photo: Francois Mori  AP)
PARIS – More than 50 world leaders are joining bankers  energy magnates and others Tuesday in Paris for a summit that President Emmanuel Macron hopes will give new momentum to the fight against global warming — despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris climate accord.
Some 3 100 security personnel are fanned out around Paris for Tuesday’s event  including extra patrol boats along the Seine River.  Macron  will accompany the visiting leaders to the summit site on a river island by boat.
On Monday   Macron  awarded 18 climate scientists — most of them based in the U.S. — multimillion-euro grants to relocate to France for the rest of Trump’s term. Trump has expressed skepticism about global warming and said the Paris accord would hurt U.S. business.
The “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants — a nod to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — are part of  Macron ’s efforts to counter Trump on the climate change front.  Macron  announced a contest for the projects in June  hours after Trump declared he would withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.
The summit  co-hosted by the U.N.  World Bank and  Macron   is being held on the second anniversary of the Paris climate accord  ratified by 170 countries.
[TGT]right  and Hungarian President Janos Ader leave after their talks at the Elysee Palace  in Paris  Tuesday  Dec. 12  2017. (Photo: Francois Mori  AP)
PARIS – More than 50 world leaders are joining bankers  energy magnates and others Tuesday in Paris for a summit that [TGT] hopes will give new momentum to the fight against global warming — despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris climate accord.
Some 3 100 security personnel are fanned out around Paris for Tuesday’s event  including extra patrol boats along the Seine River.  [TGT]will accompany the visiting leaders to the summit site on a river island by boat.
On Monday   [TGT]awarded 18 climate scientists — most of them based in the U.S. — multimillion-euro grants to relocate to France for the rest of Trump’s term. Trump has expressed skepticism about global warming and said the Paris accord would hurt U.S. business.
The “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants — a nod to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — are part of  [TGT] ’s efforts to counter Trump on the climate change front.  [TGT]announced a contest for the projects in June  hours after Trump declared he would withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.
The summit  co-hosted by the U.N.  World Bank and  Macron   is being held on the second anniversary of the Paris climate accord  ratified by 170 countries.