President Donald Trump will pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, according to an executive order he signed Monday as one of his first acts after he took office.

The move announced Monday is a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and distances the nation from its closest allies.

Trump’s day-one actions on energy come as climate change-fueled fires ravage Southern California, following the globe’s hottest year on record.

In a flurry of Day 1 executive orders, President Donald Trump pushed to boost U.S. fossil fuel production and dismantle his predecessor’s climate agenda.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will order the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the White House said on Monday, once again placing the world's top historic emitter of greenhouse gas emissions outside of the global pact aimed at pushing nations to tackle climate change through domestic actions.

The United States would be one of only four countries outside the Paris Agreement, which is designed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Donald Trump has once again taken the US out of the landmark Paris climate agreement, abandoning the global effort to limit climate change. Trump signed an executive order today to exit.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the United States to again withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement

Quitting the Paris Agreement triggers a cascade of real-world impacts and signals the beginning of an aggressive agenda to undo U.S. climate policy.