With President Donald Trump pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord, China and California signed an agreement Tuesday to work together on reducing emissions, as the state's governor warned that "disaster still looms" without urgent action. - Jerry Brown, California governorFor now, he said, China, European countries and individual U.S. states will fill the gap left by the federal government's move to abdicate leadership on the issue. "I don't think there's any desire to get into verbal battles with President Trump." Brown predicts that President Donald Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord will prove temporary because of the urgency of the issue. Trump Energy Secretary Rick Perry also is attending this week's energy meeting in Beijing.

Source: CBC News June 06, 2017 19:27 UTC