US EditionDamn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
The administration halted emissions reporting, cut $3 billion in research funding, and terminated over 3,800 climate grants, weakening U.S. leadership in global climate efforts.
- On Jan. 7, 2026, President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, saying the treaty ran `contrary to the interests of the United States`.
- After a year of rollbacks, the administration pursued a 2025 campaign dismantling U.S. climate policy, including an earlier withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and ignoring the UNFCCC.
- The administration halted and reversed measures by federal agencies, stopping corporate greenhouse gas reporting, removing U.S. scientists from global research, and terminating over 3,800 research grants worth $3 billion, threatening the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
- The exit immediately means the U.S. loses a formal voice in the UNFCCC as China gains influence, while clean energy cancellations hit $32 billion and 40,000 jobs vanish.
- Longer term, the effects include hobbling national scientific infrastructure for generations, despite U.S. states and climate coalitions achieving roughly 45% electricity-sector and about 24% net greenhouse gas reductions below 2005 levels.
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Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
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