United Nations agencies say imminent US withdrawal from World Health Organization and Paris climate agreement will have serious consequences for global health and efforts to slow down climate change

Germany remains "committed" to the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization (WHO) despite the planned US withdrawal under President Donald Trump, a government spokeswoman said in Berlin on Wednesday.

UN agencies responded on Tuesday to President Trump’s executive orders ending US membership of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its adherence to the Paris Climate Agreement, highlighting the massive potential negative impact on public health and efforts to curb global warming.

The withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the WHO, and the pact to tax large multinationals adds to the president’s expansionist rhetoric and his conviction that ‘everybody needs’ the United States

China appears poised to lead climate initiatives but will struggle to fill vacuum in public health as US leaves frameworks, analysts say.

In one of his first acts of his second term, President Donald Trump has ordered the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and the World Health Organization. Follow DW for the latest.

China’s Foreign Ministry criticized President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization, offering an initial look at how Beijing intends to present itself as a force for stability in global affairs during the new administration.

World leaders congratulated President Donald Trump on his inauguration Monday, with many urging stronger alliances or continued cooperation between their countries and the United States, in carefully crafted social media posts and statements.

Trump’s executive orders about energy went beyond the pro–fossil fuel tone of his first term with aggressive measures to curtail wind and solar power generation. Language throughout the spate of executive orders paints intermittent power sources as a threat to national security and economic stability.

The United States will leave the World Health Organization ... to leave the agreement. Under the accord’s rules, the United States will formally exit in one year. European Commission President Urusula von der Leyen said the Paris Climate agreement ...

The world reacts as President Trump moves to pull the U.S. out of the WHO and the Paris Climate Accords on Day 1 of his second term.