G20 leaders' statement on climate change highlights rift with US

Joint statement points to US decision to withdraw from Paris agreement while other G20 countries see accord as 'irreversible'

World leaders have made clear the US's isolated stance on climate change, with 19 of the G20 countries affirming their commitment to the "irreversible" Paris climate agreement.

After lengthy negotiations that stretched well into Saturday, the final joint statement from the meeting in Hamburg notes Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris deal while stating that the world's other major economies all still support the international effort to slow dangerous global warming.