Paris deal
Paris climate deal: What does Trump's decision mean for the rest of us?
The US President has ignored many voices in making his decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement.
Russia has signed the Paris climate pact but is the biggest emitter of global greenhouse gases not to have yet ratified it.
The carefully worded statement on behalf to the Department of Environmental Affairs expresses its profound regret at Trump’s decision.
The South African tourism sector contributes more than R100 billion to the GDP every year, but climate change puts this at risk.
Man-made climate change has contributed to heat waves, floods and rising sea levels.
More needs to be done to keep the global temperature rise to below two degrees.
Worldwide, seas rose by about 14 centimetres from 1900 to 2000, according to a study.
Heat soaked up by the oceans has surged in the past two decades in a sign of worsening global warming.
Envoys from 195 nations adopted a historic accord to stop global warming.