Much of the climate change talks at Conference of Parties (CoP) 22 taking place in Morocco’s Marrakech have been overshadowed by Trump’s victory at the US elections because his win threatens global progress on climate change.

At the UN climate talks, Chinese vice foreign minister, Liu Zhenman, pointed out that it was, in fact, America who began climate change talks in the 1980s. More specifically, it was the former Republican administration under Reagan and Bush who started the conversation.

“If you look at the history of climate change negotiations, actually it was initiated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with the support of the Republicans during the Reagan and Bush administration during the late 1980s,” Bloomberg quoted Liu.

US and China are the two biggest carbon emitters in the world, so it’s essential that both countries stay on track with their climate change promises. Current US Secretary of State, John Kerry also found himself addressing climate change uncertainties that have cropped up since Trump became President-elect.

He said, “While I can't stand here and speculate about what policies our president-elect will pursue, I will tell you this: In the time that I have spent in public life, one of the things I've learned is that some issues look a little bit different when you're actually in office compared to when you're on the campaign trail.”

During the US Presidential campaign, Trump said he would cancel the Paris Climate deal and take billions of dollars being directed towards climate change and direct them somewhere else.

"As the largest developed economy in the world, US support is essential,” Liu said. “We have to expect they will take a smart and wise decision.”