Climate agreements at the centre of the withdrawal Among the most consequential exits is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the foundational treaty underpinning all major global climate agreements. The move goes beyond Trump’s already announced withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, severing US ties with the legal architecture that governs international climate cooperation. Exit from global climate science bodies The memorandum also directs the United States to withdraw from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which assesses and synthesises climate science for governments worldwide. “Today, President Trump announced the U.S. is leaving 66 anti-American, useless, or wasteful international organizations. These withdrawals keep a key promise President Trump made to Americans - we will stop subsidizing globalist bureaucrats who act against our interests.

Source: Mint January 08, 2026 02:06 UTC