Coming years will be vital well beyond Europe, all continents will have to speed up transition towards net zero, deal with growing burden of climate change,' says von der Leyen - Anadolu Ajansı

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“The Paris Agreement continues to be the best hope for all humanity. So Europe will stay the course, and keep working with all nations that want to protect nature and stop global warming,” the European Union’s top executive said in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Video. Speaking at the Davos Summit, Ursula von der Leyen emphasided the EU's dedication to the Paris climate agreement and urged international cooperation, despite Trump’s decision to withdraw.

Trump is pulling America out of the Paris Agreement, leaving the U.S. as the only major emitter not part of the treaty. It's a loss for U.S. businesses and the planet.

U.S. withdrawal from the world's primary climate pact will have a bigger impact - in the U.S. and globally - than the country's first retreat in 2017, analysts and diplomats told Reuters.

Last year was the hottest on record and the first to breach a key global warming threshold of 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures.

On Day 1 of his presidency, Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the US’ exit from the landmark Paris Agreement that set a goal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Now that the American president has again decided to leave the international climate change treaty,

Although hardly a surprise, President Trump’s executive decision to exit the international effort to halt global heating for a second time has been met with dismay on this side of the Atlantic. #Europ

A renewed withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and avowedly pro-fossil fuel policies will heat the climate and harm people around the world for decades to come, experts warn.

The withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement under the Trump administration has drawn widespread reactions from global leaders, environmental experts, and activists, raising concerns over the future of international climate cooperation.