Russia backs the Paris climate agreement, the Kremlin’s envoy said, adding he hoped President-elect Donald Trump will also keep the US in the landmark agreement.

President-elect Donald Trump is facing mounting pressure from allies to stay in the Paris Agreement. The Paris climate agreement, adopted in 2015 and signed in 2016 by nearly all countries on Earth, is a large-scale effort to reduce carbon emissions to halt global warming.

Darren Woods was one of only a few Western oil executives attending a global climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Donald Trump is preparing to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement when he returns to office in January. The president-elect’s team has already prepared an executive order that would see the US leave the international treaty, which commits countries to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions.

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Argentina is weighing an exit from the Paris Agreement, joining the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in reconsidering the global climate deal.

Exxon CEO Darren Woods urged President-elect Trump to stay in the Paris climate agreement as the oil and gas industry prepares for the new administration. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal,

With global temperature records being set with regularity and the consequences of climate change becoming increasingly apparent, the United States decided to abandon its leadership position on addressing global climate change by reelecting Donald Trump.

From heat waves to torrential rain and forest fires, countries around the world have been hit by serious natural disasters triggered by global warming･･･