President Donald Trump says he will again withdraw the United States, a top carbon polluting nation, from the landmark Paris climate agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.

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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will order the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the White House said on Monday, once again placing the world's top historic emitter of greenhouse gas emissions outside of the global pact aimed at pushing nations to tackle climate change through domestic actions.

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.

Under the U.N. rules at the time, the U.S. withdrawal took three years to take effect, allowing former President Joe Biden to swiftly reinstate American participation in the accords. This time, however, the U.S. could completely quit the Paris Agreement in just one year.

The UN climate chief said Monday the "door remains open" to the landmark Paris accord after US President Donald Trump vowed to pull his country out of it for the second time.

President Donald Trump is ordering the US to withdraw from the landmark Paris Agreement, launching another retreat in the fight against climate change by the world’s wealthiest nation.

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.

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.