Trump’s day-one actions on energy come as climate change-fueled fires ravage Southern California, following the globe’s hottest year on record.

President Donald Trump will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement for the second time, delivering a blow to the effort to keep global temperatures from rising to dangerous levels.

America is the world's second-largest greenhouse gas polluter - and it will no longer be part of global efforts to limit climate change through the landmark Paris Agreement.

President Trump announced the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement Monday shortly after his inauguration, echoing a similar decision in his first term that was later reversed by

President Donald Trump will once again withdraw the United States from the Paris climate deal, the White House said on Monday, removing the world's biggest historic emitter from global efforts to fight climate change for the second time in a decade.

President Donald Trump's administration on Monday announced the United States' intention to withdraw from the Paris climate accord for a second time, a defiant rejection of global efforts to combat planetary warming as catastrophic weather events intensify worldwide.

"President Trump will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord," the White House said in a statement shortly after the Republican was sworn into office.

Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US president Donald Trump has said he will withdraw the US from the historic Paris climate agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to slow global warming following the hottest year on record.