Trump admin withdrawing from ‘anti-American’ global climate change regimes

The White House announced Wednesday that the U.S. is exiting 66 international organizations and treaties, including a landmark climate change entity joined in 1992.

The Trump administration found that the listed international organizations, conventions, and treaties did not serve America’s interests. Notable exits pertaining to global efforts to combat climate change include two United Nations entities: the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the last of which the U.S. joined in 1992 under President George H.W. Bush.

“Today, President Trump announced the U.S. is leaving 66 anti-American, useless, or wasteful international organizations. Review of additional international organizations remains ongoing,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X Wednesday. “These withdrawals keep a key promise President Trump made to Americans — we will stop subsidizing globalist bureaucrats who act against our interests. The Trump Administration will always put America and Americans first.” (RELATED: Paris Agreement Ten Years Later: ‘Failed’)

Today, President Trump announced the U.S. is leaving 66 anti-American, useless, or wasteful international organizations. Review of additional international organizations remains ongoing.

These withdrawals keep a key promise President Trump made to Americans – we will stop…

— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) January 8, 2026

The presidential memorandum notes that the exits follow a February 2025 executive order and subsequent recommendations from the Secretary of State.

“I have considered the Secretary of State’s report and, after deliberating with my Cabinet, have determined that it is contrary to the interests of the United States to remain a member of, participate in, or otherwise provide support to the organizations listed,” the presidential memorandum reads.

Notably, Trump signed an executive order to exit the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC on his first day back in the Oval Office. The UNFCCC is a key global climate change agreement marked by a pledge to lower emissions.

The Wednesday announcement also said the U.S. will leave the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development, the International Energy Forum, U.N. Energy, and the U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.

“For United Nations entities, withdrawal means ceasing participation in or funding to those entities to the extent permitted by law,” the announcement said.

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