The Paris agreement is a mostly voluntary climate pact originally written to both try to reduce warming and withstand the changing political winds in the U.S.

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.

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’s green transition long-term commitment regardless of how international landscape may evolve, Vice Premier Ding tells Davos forum - Anadolu Ajansı

China vowed on Jan. 21 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.

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.

The "Happy Chinese New Year" series of events organized by the China Cultural Center in Paris will feature various art exhibitions, music gatherings, Year of the Snake park tours, special performances, thematic lectures, and youth cultural tours in France during the Chinese New Year period.

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

China said Tuesday it was "concerned" about the United States withdrawing from the Paris climate accord for a second time.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing the United States to again withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement. What does that mean?