US Withdraws from Climate Treaty, Dozens of Other Groups

Thursday, January 08, 2026

US President Donald Trump has withdrawn the US from dozens of international organisations, including many that work to combat climate change. Among the 66 groups, nearly half of them are bodies of the United Nations, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - a treaty that underpins all international efforts to combat global warming.

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... The memorandum was signed on Wednesday following a review, with the White House describing the organisations as "a waste of taxpayer dollars".

"These withdrawals will end American taxpayer funding and involvement in entities that advance globalist agendas over US priorities," it said in a statement. ...

Non-UN organisations affected by the US withdrawal include those focused on clean energy co-operation, democratic governance and international security, such as the International Solar Alliance, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum.

Trump has already stripped many multilateral organisations he dislikes of funds and previously rejected the scientific consensus of man-made climate change as a "hoax". ...

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