{"id":10343,"date":"2026-01-08T08:11:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdgnews.com\/?p=10343"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:11:52","slug":"us-withdraws-from-unfccc-trump-exit-66-global-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdgnews.com\/fr\/us-withdraws-from-unfccc-trump-exit-66-global-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Withdraws from UNFCCC as Trump Orders Exit from 66 Global Bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. withdraws from UNFCCC following a directive signed by Donald J. Trump, marking the most far-reaching reversal of American participation in international climate governance since the framework\u2019s creation more than three decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a presidential memorandum released Wednesday, the White House ordered the United States to exit the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change alongside 65 other international organizations and treaties deemed to \u201cno longer serve American interests.\u201d<\/em> Roughly half of the listed bodies are United Nations entities. The decision moves beyond withdrawal from the Paris Agreement\u2014already set to become official on January 20\u2014and targets the treaty architecture that underpins global climate cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Paris to the treaty framework itself<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Established in 1992 and ratified unanimously by the U.S. Senate, the UNFCCC provides the legal foundation for annual negotiations among nearly 200 countries. It does not mandate emissions cuts; rather, it sets a collective objective to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. Under its auspices, countries negotiated the Kyoto Protocol in 1995 and the Paris Agreement in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Withdrawal from the UNFCCC would remove the United States from those negotiations altogether once a formal notice is filed and a one-year clock elapses. The administration has already taken steps to leave the Paris Agreement for a second time, but exiting the UNFCCC itself would place the U.S. outside the treaty framework that enables any return to Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A broader retreat from multilateral bodies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The memorandum cites Executive Order 14199, issued on February 4, 2025, which directed a comprehensive review of U.S. participation in international organizations. After receiving the Secretary of State\u2019s findings, the President ordered agencies to cease participation in and funding to the listed bodies \u201cto the extent permitted by law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the organizations named are the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the International Renewable Energy Agency, the International Solar Alliance, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, as well as numerous UN departments and commissions. In a statement, Marco Rubio said institutions originally designed to foster peace and cooperation had become a \u201csprawling architecture of global governance\u201d<\/em> detached from national interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n