Opportunity for industry to build sustainable, green economies

PRESIDENT Donald Trump finally fulfilled his campaign bluster to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement.

Predictably, the global condemnation was immediate, and resounding.

In a stinging rebuke, French president Emmanuel Macron derided Mr Trump's decision and even mimicked it, calling on the world to "Make our planet great again". His Elysee speech in English was unprecedented for a French president, underscoring his disapproval.