Australia urges Trump not to quit Paris climate pact

The Turnbull government has told senior members of the Trump administration that Australia is committed to the Paris climate change agreement and has signalled to the White House it wants the US President not to quit the international pact.

World leaders from Canada, China, Germany and France, as well as the Pope, have personally lobbied President Donald Trump to remain in the historic 2016 accord that he vowed as a candidate to walk away from.