The U.S. refused to become a signatory to a G-7 statement on the environment which said all member countries were committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, or "any section on climate change and multilateral development banks", Politico reported.
The final version stated that the USA will continue to engage with "key global partners" in a way consistent with its domestic priorities - a "strong" economy and a "healthy environment".
Even before Donald Trump had officially announced his plans to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, China's Premier Li Keqiang had made his country's position on the matter clear, describing efforts to combat climate change as a "global consensus" and "international responsibility".
Scott Pruitt, a friend of the oil industry who is sceptical about man-made climate change and was Trump's controversial choice to head the US Environmental Protection Agency, will represent Washington's interests at the two-day meeting.
"The United States has always been a world leader when it comes to environmental stewardship, and that was demonstrated on a global stage (on Sunday)", Pruitt said in a statement.
"Cathy McMorris Rodgers posted her statement regarding President Trumps decision to leave the Paris climate accord on her Web page: "... "We have indicated a willingness to engage on an global stage that stands to greatly benefit from American ingenuity, innovation, and advanced technologies". Trump says the deal will cost U.S.jobs and harm the economy. He left the G7 environment ministers meeting after only a few hours, said Ms. McKenna.
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The G7 is made up Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, the world's seven biggest economies when the club was formed.
With the meeting coming just 10 days after President Donald Trump announced his country's withdrawal from the agreement, the six remaining countries are likely to have their work cut out persuading the U.S.to reverse the decision. In addition to the financial pledge, Bloomberg also made a quick trip to Paris in light of Trump's announcement, in order to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss more grassroots alternatives to the United States government's commitment to fighting climate change.
"Positions over the Paris accord are far apart. and will remain like that", Galletti said on the sidelines of a meeting, reports Reuters.
Hulot said United States commitments on other environmental issues, notably cleaning up the world's plastic-choked oceans, were not in doubt, and the commitment of industry players to green technologies and renewable energy would not be affected by Trump's position.
Shortly after Trump's announcement, a coalition of USA states, cities, and businesses came together to pledge to adhere to the emissions reductions targets the president abandoned.
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