Negotiators from around the world are in Paris rushing to finish up a global accord on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change, but the next president of the United States — one of the world's worst carbon producers and consumers — may not be on board. All three Democrats in the 2016 presidential race are on record as considering climate change a very real and urgent threat, but the larger Republican field is all over the map, from Jeb Bush saying it's real but not a big deal to Donald Trump calling climate change a hoax. In this short video. The Wall Street Journal has a guide to where each of the major candidates stands on climate change, punctuated by a short quote. Watch below. Peter Weber
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