US President Donald Trump has signed an order to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
Countries under this deal are required to work toward limiting global temperatures to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
Trump's decision has been widely criticized. Julia Lyubova reports in Geneva.
The wildfires in Los Angeles have reduced entire neighborhoods to ruins and caused billions of dollars of damage.
And the timing of US President Donald Trump's executive order to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement - couldn't be more stark.
The World Meteorological Organization says climate change has increased the risk and frequency of wildfires.
It's called on other nations to stay onboard.
RODICA NITU WMO Secretariat "Obviously it's a concern for the entire global community and we do hope that our members will remain committed and will contribute. Our role is to bring the community together and to reach the consensus to continue their work together. And we do hope that this will remain for the future."
Scientists say climate change is making weather around the world more extreme.
And the WMO warns that the US is bearing the "lion's share of global economic losses from weather, climate and water-related hazards."
MICHAEL ZEMP Director, World Glacier Monitoring Service "Climate change no country can solve the problem itself. It's a global problem and we have to address it globally. Otherwise we will not move forward with that. And it comes for the benefit of all the countries. Climate change manifests in many different ways in different countries, some by drought, some by heavy fire, some by hurricanes, some by glacier melt, some by hazards, some by coastal sea level rise. So we have all to work together to to handle that problem."
The Paris Agreement was adopted by 196 parties at the COP 21 conference in 2015.
It requires countries to work towards limiting global temperatures to "well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels".
2025 marks the deadline for the next round of climate commitments under the Agreement.
JULIA LYUBOVA Geneva "The World Meteorological Organization says that the need for the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change is more pressing than ever. According to its statistics, the past decade has been the warmest on record. It says the action to prevent more extreme weather must be taken immediately. Julia Lyubova, CGTN, Geneva."