At-risk countries worry what 'America first' means for climate change

First compared to India and China our current power plants are way cleaner because we already have existing rules in place. Second if you look at total out put. The U. S. is relatively small when compared to those two nations. Really the numbers just don't add up right now.

What's an at-risk country? Why wouldn't we expect nations to serve their own interests?

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good read/share!
“India can always say, if the US isn’t doing it, why should we?” says Powell. “We are at least 100 times poorer.”

Still, India continues to boost renewable energy, as promised in Paris. And its appetite for new coal-fired power plants seems to be waning. The latest Indian energy outlook predicts the country may not need to start building any new coal-fired power plants for at least a decade.

And so far, no other countries have followed the US in indicating a retreat from the Paris agreement.