Trump just took his most dramatic step yet against global climate action

President Trump’s withdrawal of the U.S. from the global fight against climate change has gone further than almost anyone expected.

During the first year of his second term in office, the president and his administration have cut foreign aid for climate resilience, pressured countries to delay crucial carbon tax agreements, and removed the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the landmark 2015 accord that saw the world’s nations come together around a plan to limit global warming.

Some of this was anticipated...