America is the world's second-largest greenhouse gas polluter - and it will no longer be part of global efforts to limit climate change through the landmark Paris Agreement.

President Donald Trump will once again withdraw the United States from the Paris climate deal, the White House said on Monday, removing the world's biggest historic emitter from global efforts to fight climate change for the second time in a decade.

Under the U.N. rules at the time, the U.S. withdrawal took three years to take effect, allowing former President Joe Biden to swiftly reinstate American participation in the accords. This time, however, the U.S. could completely quit the Paris Agreement in just one year.

President Trump announced the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement Monday shortly after his inauguration, echoing a similar decision in his first term that was later reversed by

The US retreated from the global climate fight during Trump’s first term, and his second term will be no different. This is an opportunity for Europe to align with others on the issue that will define generations to come,