"He said it was because the treaty ran " contrary to the interests of the United States." His order didn't say which U.S. interests he had in mind. Americans had just seen a year of widespread flooding from extreme weather across the U.S. Deadly wildfires had burned thousands of homes in the nation's second-largest metro area, and 2025 had been the second- or third-hottest year globally on record."
"For decades, evidence has shown that increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, largely from burning fossil fuels, are raising global temperatures and influencing sea level rise, storms and wildfires. The climate treaty - the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - was created to bring the world together to find ways to lower those risks."
On Jan. 7, 2026, President Donald Trump ordered the United States to withdraw from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The order cited the treaty as running "contrary to the interests of the United States" but did not specify which interests. The withdrawal occurred amid severe climate impacts: widespread flooding, deadly wildfires destroying thousands of homes, and 2025 ranking among the hottest years on record. Insurers are refusing coverage in high-risk areas and raising premiums elsewhere. Decades of evidence link rising greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels to higher temperatures, sea level rise, storms and wildfires. The withdrawal adds to administration actions that have halted U.S. climate data reporting and curtailed international scientific collaboration.
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