The declaration released by the Group of Seven (G7)Trump joins G7 summit on climate and security leaders admitted that the US was still “reviewing its policies on climate change and on the Paris Agreement and thus is not in a position to join the consensus on these topics.”
All other six leaders pledged their commitment to the Paris deal. An official announcement is yet to take place.
Trump later tweeted that he would make his final decision on the Paris agreement next week.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the talks on climate as “very unsatisfying,” adding that “there are no indications whether the United States will stay in the Paris Agreement or not.”
Merkel said that the Paris agreement was so important that there should be no compromises on it. “The Paris deal isn’t just any other deal,” she said. “It is a key agreement that shapes today’s globalization.”
During last year’s presidential campaign, Trump promised to renegotiate the landmark climate deal and even threatened to pull out of it altogether. Since assuming office, he has slowly rolled back a number of emissions regulations, stating that they are bad for US energy companies. The US remains the world’s largest carbon emitter after China.