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The Trump-Vance Administration is trying to

Jeopardize global efforts to combat climate change

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What we know

This order seeks to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Formal Name

Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements

Status
Underway
Formal Identifier

EO 14162

January 20, 2025

Anticipated Impact

This executive order directs the United States to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, in which almost 200 parties voluntarily committed to reduce their carbon emissions. Our withdrawal will seriously jeopardize the ability of the world community to prevent a catastrophic global rise in temperatures. Climate change has already increased the frequency and severity of extreme weather events like hurricanes and wildfires around the world and in the United States, and in the years to come will only continue to prove destabilizing in alarming and unpredictable ways. Climate change is not only an environmental problem; it risks our long-term national security and economic prosperity. Notably, other than the United States, the only three countries who are not parties to the Paris Climate Agreement are Iran, Libya, and Yemen.

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