The other G7 members, Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, and Italy agreed at last month's political summit to uphold the Paris Climate Agreement and make it work.
The U.S. abstained from sections of a Group of Seven (G7) communiqué related to climate change action, the Paris climate agreement and worldwide development funds focused on mitigating the impacts of climate change, according to a joint statement following a meeting of G7 environment ministers.
"I believe engaging in worldwide discussion is of the utmost importance to the United States when it comes to environmental issues", he said in the statement.
Donald Trump announced the U.S. was withdrawing from the Paris accord earlier this month, framing it as a "reassertion of America's sovereignty".
His decision has been met with worldwide condemnation, including from within the us itself.
As a result, the USA said it would not join those sections of the report on climate and multilateral development banks.
In a statement the EPA said Pruitt had emphasized it was time to move forward and find ways to engage with other countries to protect and use US natural resources.
"One thing is clear: For us the Paris accord remains the only possible instrument to combat climate change because it's a multilateral agreement", Gian Luca Galletti, Italy's environment minister and the meeting's host, told reporters.
"The only legal framework for climate negotiations is the accord and objectives fixed in Paris and there is no doubt that they are irreversible", said Hulot, a former TV star and a longstanding environmental campaigner who was persuaded to enter government by new French president Emmanuel Macron.
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The United States' partners in the G7 club of wealthy democracies vowed Sunday to pursue efforts to curb climate change despite a rift caused by the United States' withdrawal from the Paris accord. Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland argued in a seminal speech to the House of Commons that Canada can no longer rely on the USA for global leadership.
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"We said 'No way you are adding a footnote that you are leading, because that is not true, '" the delegate said.
Trump's announcement came the same day that GM released its annual sustainability report in which it outlined its environmental accomplishments and initiatives.
Scientists have known since the 19th century that burning coal, oil and gas spews carbon dioxide into the air, which then acts like a blanket to trap heat on Earth.
Trudeau suggested striking out references to the Paris agreement in the communiqué, and seemed "concerned about further provoking his powerful neighbour to the south", the magazine reported.
She said Canada remains "deeply disappointed" in the US move to abandon the accord, and that it was "very sad" to see the Americans reduced "to a footnote on climate actions".
"The momentum around the Paris agreement is irreversible", McKenna said.
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