“I suspect he is a loser president,” says Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker. But conceded trade barrier from the EU were unlikely
Trump’s speech was “divisive”, “unnecessarily isolating” and utterly misunderstood the agreement from which he has now withdrawn, experts said
Republican who signed up to climate action all but evaporated in the lead up to Trump’s momentous decision, highlighting deep-set opposition to global cooperation
The ten-page document affirms, in extraordinarily strong language, that the EU and China intend to make the US irrelevant
The wrangling between Trump’s advisors was always about how best to burn more fossil fuels
Donald Trump withdraws the US from 2015 Paris climate agreement, leaving the US standing almost alone against action on climate change
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Environment chief asked by president to draft a strategy that would take the US out of the Paris climate deal, but keep the country within the wider UN climate process
Unconfirmed reports said the president had decided to leave the Paris agreement, turning the US away from the global effort to fight climate change
As the US teeters on the brink of leaving the global climate process, António Guterres has implored all countries to stay the course or go alone into a “grey future”
US would not join other G7 leaders in support of climate action. President Donald Trump promised to make his decision on the Paris accord “next week”
Pope’s encyclical on climate change appealed to liberals, but conservative Catholics were driven away by the values it invoked
As G7 leaders meet in Italy, can they reaffirm their commitment to action on climate change without driving the US out of the Paris accord?
US president promised to read the pope’s encyclical Laudato Si’, which exhorts humanity to care for the environment
NGO suit claims US agencies are illegally withholding information about the suppression of climate science in public communications
Firms found to be improving their own environmental performance by moving more-polluting activities overseas, where regulations are more lax
A fortnight of climate talks in Bonn ran smoothly enough, but political tensions await Pacific island presidency at November summit
Coal plant cancellations mean the world’s two largest countries are cutting emissions faster than predicted a year ago, outweighing the effect of US policy rollbacks
Secretary of state Rex Tillerson signed the Fairbanks Declaration, calling for climate action but holding judgement on the Paris Agreement