GENEVA The United States will shoot itself in the foot if it quits the Paris climate accord because China, India and Europe will snap up the best power sector jobs in future, U.N.
"There is no doubt where the future is and that is what all the private sector companies have understood," Solheim told Reuters in Geneva.
"Obviously if you are not a party to the Paris agreement, you will lose out.
But with science, mobilised citizens, regulated markets, and the enormous power of business, such huge problems could be solved, he said.
"Even if the worst were to happen and the United States were to withdraw, the consequences would be much less than people think," he said.
We are happy to work with the Trump administration on how to make the United Nations more efficient," Solheim said.
"And if they cut down, which we encourage them not to do, we will also rationalize.". »