Trump withdraws #US from world’s most important #climate #treaty
Trump withdraws from #UN Framework Convention on #ClimateChange ( #UNFCCC) and 65 additional UN and other multilateral groups, mostly linked to the environment, renewable energy, development, education, and the promotion of democracy and human rights.
A year after Trump, who last year branded climate change a “con job,” announced that he would pull US from the 2015 Paris climate agreement for the second time.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/trump-withdraws-us-from-worlds-most-important-climate-treaty/
Trump withdraws #US from world’s most important #climate #treaty
Trump withdraws from #UN Framework Convention on #ClimateChange ( #UNFCCC) and 65 additional UN and other multilateral groups, mostly linked to the environment, renewable energy, development, education, and the promotion of democracy and human rights.
A year after Trump, who last year branded climate change a “con job,” announced that he would pull US from the 2015 Paris climate agreement for the second time.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/trump-withdraws-us-from-worlds-most-important-climate-treaty/
In addition, the agreement requires the submission of an annual national #climate #pollution inventory, which the #Trump admin notably skipped this year.
The exit from the climate #treaty, & a slew of other international agencies, is another step back from the #US on international cooperation.
The action, if successful, would leave the US out of international #ClimateChange talks & could raise tensions with US #allies for whom #climate action is a priority.
#Trump directive makes the #UnitedStates the 1st country to pull out of the 1992 agreement that underpins global cooperation on #ClimateChange
The Trump admin is pulling the US out of the bedrock treaty underpinning international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies, acc/to a memo released by the White House Wednesday evening & an accompanying social media post.
#geopolitics #ClimateCrisis #Fight4aFuture
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/climate/trump-withdrawal-climate-treaty-international-agreements
It also set up a process for negotiations between countries that have come to be known as the annual #UN #climate summits. It was under the #UNFCCC’s auspices that the #KyotoProtocol was negotiated in 1995, & the #ParisAgreement in 2015 — two monumental moments of global cooperation & progress toward limiting harmful climate #pollution.
#geopolitics #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #Fight4aFuture #law
In addition, the agreement requires the submission of an annual national #climate #pollution inventory, which the #Trump admin notably skipped this year.
The exit from the climate #treaty, & a slew of other international agencies, is another step back from the #US on international cooperation.
The action, if successful, would leave the US out of international #ClimateChange talks & could raise tensions with US #allies for whom #climate action is a priority.
#Trump directive makes the #UnitedStates the 1st country to pull out of the 1992 agreement that underpins global cooperation on #ClimateChange
The Trump admin is pulling the US out of the bedrock treaty underpinning international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies, acc/to a memo released by the White House Wednesday evening & an accompanying social media post.
#geopolitics #ClimateCrisis #Fight4aFuture
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/climate/trump-withdrawal-climate-treaty-international-agreements
Invoking the #NATO treaties collective defense clause, known as #Article5, under which an attack on one member is regarded as an attack on all, requires the #unanimity of all 32 #allies. The #US, of course, would reject any plea for help by #Denmark — effectively neutering the #treaty.
“Article 5 did not anticipate that the invading country would be a member of NATO,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told reporters asking about bill in #Congress to prohibit #Trump for acting in #Greenland.
Whether its gaming or grasping, European leaders face unpalatable choices. One is to stick with the unified hard line that emerged in recent days, making clear that any move on #Greenland could trigger a response by European #allies — not against #Russia or #China but, unthinkably, against the #UnitedStates.
#Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #greed #geopolitics #Europe #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #NaturalResources #sovereignty #ShippingLanes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
Invoking the #NATO treaties collective defense clause, known as #Article5, under which an attack on one member is regarded as an attack on all, requires the #unanimity of all 32 #allies. The #US, of course, would reject any plea for help by #Denmark — effectively neutering the #treaty.
“Article 5 did not anticipate that the invading country would be a member of NATO,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told reporters asking about bill in #Congress to prohibit #Trump for acting in #Greenland.
The #UnitedStates’ taking #Greenland by force would rip apart the central agreement that underpins the #NATO #military #alliance, of which #Denmark & the #US are both founding members. Under that #treaty, an attack on any member is treated as an attack on all members. #Trump has previously said he would not rule out using the military to take Greenland.
#StephenMiller also echoed Trump’s intent to #rule #Venezuela & exploit its vast #oil reserves….
“We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” #StephenMiller said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
Miller made his comments after his wife posted an image on social media over the weekend suggesting that the #UnitedStates would soon take control of #Greenland, & as #Trump has renewed his own push for the island.…
The #UnitedStates’ taking #Greenland by force would rip apart the central agreement that underpins the #NATO #military #alliance, of which #Denmark & the #US are both founding members. Under that #treaty, an attack on any member is treated as an attack on all members. #Trump has previously said he would not rule out using the military to take Greenland.
#StephenMiller also echoed Trump’s intent to #rule #Venezuela & exploit its vast #oil reserves….
#Trump has instituted radical cuts to US #science & #medical #funding & abetted a crusade against #vaccines; he has appointed #conspiracists, #alcoholics, & #idiots to key positions in his admin; he has destroyed the #independence of the #DOJ; he has waged pitiless war on #prosecutors, #FBI agents, & others who previously investigated him, his family, & his friends; he has cast near-fatal doubt on America’s willingness to fulfill its #treaty obligations to its #democratic #allies;
I understand that a review—even a short and partial review—of the past year might seem dismally repetitive. But repetition ensures that we #remember, & perhaps even experience shock anew.
So, in brief: #Trump has dismantled America’s foreign- #aid infrastructure & gutted a program, built by an earlier #Republican president, that saved the lives of Africans infected with HIV; he has encouraged [directed] the #UnitedStates #military to commit #WarCrimes;
#Trump has instituted radical cuts to US #science & #medical #funding & abetted a crusade against #vaccines; he has appointed #conspiracists, #alcoholics, & #idiots to key positions in his admin; he has destroyed the #independence of the #DOJ; he has waged pitiless war on #prosecutors, #FBI agents, & others who previously investigated him, his family, & his friends; he has cast near-fatal doubt on America’s willingness to fulfill its #treaty obligations to its #democratic #allies;