Paris climate agreement: World reacts as Trump pulls out of global accord –as it happened

US president ditches current agreement: 'We're getting out, but we'll start to negotiate and we'll see if we can make a deal that's fair'

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Trump framed his decision to pull the US from the landmark Paris climate agreement as "a reassertion of America's sovereignty", adding he was "elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris."

He said the US could try to re-enter the deal under more favourable terms or work to establish "an entirely new transaction" - but indicated that it would hardly be of high priority. "If we can, great. If we can't, that's fine," he said.

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Speaking of full-page advertisements - one placed in the New York Times in December 2009 has been doing the rounds on Twitter today.

It was signed by business leaders and liberal commentators, lobbying then-president Barack Obama, bound for Copenhagen to forge a global climate pact, to "lead the world by example.

In 2009, the Trump family, including Donald, took out a @nytimes ad urging international action on climate change. #ThrowbackThursday #tbt pic.twitter.com/JOYGfI1OB6