The agreement was meant to ensure global cooperation in reducing the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing the United States to again withdraw 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.

In a flurry of Day 1 executive orders, President Donald Trump pushed to boost U.S. fossil fuel production and dismantle his predecessor’s climate agenda.

The move announced Monday is a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and distances the nation from its closest allies.

Trump had pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement during his first term as well, but his successor Joe Biden had got back in four years later.

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.

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 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.

Quitting the Paris Agreement triggers a cascade of real-world impacts and signals the beginning of an aggressive agenda to undo U.S. climate policy.