While Trump has infamously mocked climate change as “a great hoax,” the ICJ unanimously declared that international law obliges “the protection of the climate system."

Donald Trump is coming for the “ holy grail ” of climate regulations. As multiple media outlets reported this week, the administration plans to roll back the “ endangerment finding ,” an Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency decision at the center of the government’s ability to address climate change.

The EPA is advancing a proposal to reverse its 2009 “endangerment finding,” a legal determination that greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat

The administration’s approach, led by White House and Justice Department officials, would focus on a legal rather than a scientific rationale for repealing the so-called endangerment finding.

UN climate change report contrasts with recent EPA policy changes. A report from the international scientific authority on climate change warning consequences could be drastic if "rapid, far ...