China says it is "concerned" by the US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, which was ordered by President Donald Trump on his first day back in office. "Climate change is a common challenge faced by all of humanity,

US President Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization (WHO) - decisions analysts said were likely to deal a heavy blow to global governance on climate and public health while leaving a leadership vacuum for China to fill.

China is committed to continuing its participation in the WHO and the Paris climate accord, expressing concern over US President Trump’s orders to withdraw from both. Beijing emphasizes the importance of international cooperation on health and climate change,

With the US out of the tent, the rest of the world can get on with climate action without Trump’s corrosive influence.

WASHINGTON — The 2015 Paris climate agreement is not the boogeyman that punishes the United States that critics such as President Donald Trump claim. But it hasn’t quite kept the world from overheating either.

China’s Foreign Ministry criticized President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization, offering an initial look at how Beijing intends to present itself as a force for stability in global affairs during the new administration.

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.

Beijing admits “frictions and differences” with the U.S. but says it remains committed to international cooperation on health and climate change.

The president on Monday announced his intention to withdraw the country, for the second time, from the global emissions reduction pact.

President Trump stopped short of setting down fresh tariffs on China in his first hours in office, but he cited Beijing in signing several of his executive orders, including decisions to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization,

China vowed on Tuesday to continue participating in two cornerstone multinational arrangements -- the World Health Organization and Paris climate accord -- after newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump ordered withdrawals from them.

(Yves Herman/Reuters) Also on Tuesday at a news conference in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun reiterated China's concern about the U.S. withdrawing from the Paris ...