When Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the climate agreement in 2017, the move reverberated around the globe. Nearly 200 nations had committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the pact when it was created in 2015, and they had set ambitious targets to keep global temperature rise well below 2°C, and ideally below 1.5°C.
Brazil, the host of this year's COP30 global climate summit, sees an opportunity to amplify the voices of developing nations in the climate financing discussions, the COP30 head said on Thursday, as world leaders grapple with the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
Businessman and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said this week that his philanthropic foundation will contribute the U.S.’s financial obligations under the Paris Climate Agreement to the
This marks the second time Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, has stepped in to fill the gap left by U.S. federal disengagement.
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 said Monday he will again withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.S. from its closest allies.
The White House announces a "national energy emergency" to reverse US climate regulations and boost oil and gas.
President Trump again withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, a worldwide pact that aims to fight global warming. CBS News national environmental correspondent David Schechter reports on the move and its impact.
Sustainable investors are getting ready to see what a two-speed world looks like. On Monday, President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement, the global accord to fight climate change by slashing the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.
President Donald Trump has taken the first steps toward enacting his sweeping agenda with a series of executive actions that are expected to kickstart his promised transformation of the federal government.
On his first day back in office as United States president, Donald Trump gave formal notice of his nation's exit from the Paris Agreement—a vital global treaty seeking to rein in climate change.