Billionaire Bloomberg pledges $15 million to United Nations for climate change

The Paris Agreement commits governments to hold the increase in average global temperature to 2 C above pre-industrial levels.

Juncker tweeted that the withdrawal – announced by Trump in a highly anticipated statement from the White House rose Garden – was “a seriously wrong decision”. “American leadership was so important to this”.

“We deem the momentum generated in Paris in December 2015 irreversible and we firmly believe that the Paris Agreement can not be renegotiated, since it is a vital instrument for our planet, societies and economies”, the governments of France, Germany, and Italy said in a joint statement.

Protesters toss a globe-shaped balloon during a rally the day before the start of the 2015 Paris World Climate Change Conference in Rome on November 29, 2015.

Trump, tapping into the “America First” message he used when he was elected president previous year, said he would withdraw the United States from the landmark 2015 global agreement on tackling global warming.

May’s office says she spoke to President Donald Trump after his announcement and “expressed her disappointment with the decision”.

Theresa May has told Donald Trump that she is “disappointed” at his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Accord on climate change.

A source pointed out that Japan and Canada had not signed up to the letter and said the prime minister’s approach was “consistent as to how we approach dealings with global leaders”. “There is no way”.

The prime minister’s office said Japan shares the importance of the accord with those countries. “Paris or no Paris, our commitment to preserving the climate is for the sake of future generations”, he said.

Mrs May said: “I’ve made the UK’s position on the Paris Agreement very clear”.

Trump has taken a hard stance on climate change; at times calling it a hoax by China. Exploitation of nature is not acceptable to us.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo directed that prominent landmarks, including One World Trade Center and the Kosciuszko Bridge to be lit green in a symbolic show of solidarity with the Paris Accord, but his California counterpart Jerry Brown went further, saying the Golden State – whose economy accounts for a third of the U.S pie – would seek its own climate change pact with China.

The hysteria in the United States, and to a lesser extent Canada, over President Donald Trump withdrawing the USA from the Paris climate agreement is laughable.

(Although the cities cannot technically join the agreement as they’re not members of the United Nations, they can informally agree to its guidelines.) According to a statement from Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who serves as the chair of C40, an worldwide coalition of mayors focused on climate action, the cities remain united in their goals.

Environmentalists described the decision as a “hugely disappointing” mistake, with even youth groups accusing Trump ofjeopardising their future.

“We power almost all of our operations with renewable energy, which we believe is an example of something that’s good for our planet and makes good business sense as well”. “There is no way”, Macron said.

Even in states that may not unanimously join the Alliance, mayors of cities right across the USA have come out to say that they too will keep their promises.