{"id":2531412,"date":"2026-01-08T10:58:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pulls-us-from-uns-premier-agreement-on-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:01:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:01:42","slug":"trump-pulls-us-from-uns-premier-agreement-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pulls-us-from-uns-premier-agreement-on-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump pulls US from UN&#8217;s &#8216;premier&#8217; agreement on climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-pulls-us-from-uns-premier-agreement-on-climate-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2531412&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>president Donald Trump signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doubles-number-of-expected-executive-actions-on-day-1-as-golden-age-begins\/\" title=\"... Doubles Number of Expected Executive Actions on Day 1 as &#039;Golden Age&#039; Begins\">presidential memorandum directing<\/a> the united States to withdraw from 66 international organizations and agreements across areas including climate, human rights, and economic cooperation, saying they &#8220;no longer serve American interests.&#8221; Among the most prominent targets are the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and the Green Climate Fund; a White House post noted 35 non\u2011UN organizations and 31 UN entities on the list. Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the move as reclaiming American sovereignty from what he called progressive global governance, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced immediate steps to exit the green Climate Fund. Climate advocates warned the withdrawals will isolate the U.S.,undermine alliances,and cede influence to rivals such as China,and critiqued the administrationS framing of national interests. Free\u2011market and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-drops-airline-compensation-rule-before-holiday-travel\/\" title=\"... drops airline compensation rule before holiday travel\">industry groups praised<\/a> the action, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >arguing global climate policies raise energy costs<\/a> and harm prosperity. The memorandum continues a pattern of rollback on climate accords under Trump,who previously pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement; the latest exit was set to take effect Jan. 20.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump pulls US from UN&rsquo;s &lsquo;premier&rsquo; agreement on climate change in sweeping order<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2389036\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Wednesday ordered the United States to withdraw from major global agreements, arguing they no longer &ldquo;serve American interests.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We seek cooperation where it serves our people and will stand firm where it does not,&rdquo; Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a> said in defense of the president&rsquo;s memorandum, which <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2026\/01\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-withdraws-the-united-states-from-international-organizations-that-are-contrary-to-the-interests-of-the-united-states\/\">cut ties<\/a> with 66 international organizations and agreements centered on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/01\/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-international-organizations-conventions-and-treaties-that-are-contrary-to-the-interests-of-the-united-states\/\">myriad policy areas<\/a>, including climate, human rights, and economic cooperation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4411008\/trump-us-could-control-venezuela-much-longer-than-year\/\">Trump says US could control Venezuela &#8216;much longer&#8217; than a year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4408285\/trump-freeze-child-care-funding-democrats-affordability\/\">Trump freeze on billions of child care funding becomes political cudgel for Democrats on affordability<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4410587\/trump-venezuela-us-products-money-oil-deal\/\">Trump says Venezuela will buy US products exclusively using money from oil deal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Among the most notable is the decades-old <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\">United Nations<\/a> Framework Convention on Climate Change, which counts all of the other nations of the world as members and is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/media\/us-withdrawal-unfccc-ipcc-and-more-vital-international-agreements-undermines-us-global\">heralded by proponents <\/a>as &ldquo;the world&rsquo;s primary international treaty to combat <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/climate-change\/\">climate change<\/a>.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The UNFCCC <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3879400\/cop30-everything-about-united-nations-climate-change-conference\/\">undergirds sweeping climate frameworks<\/a> heavily criticized by the Trump administration, including the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/paris-agreement\/\">Paris Agreement<\/a>. Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on the first day of his second term, similar to his actions as president in 2017.&nbsp;The exit, which marks the Trump administration&rsquo;s efforts to thwart European-pushed climate regulations deemed excessive by Washington, becomes official on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AMERICA FIRST &#127482;&#127480;<\/p>\n<p>Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations that no longer serve American interests including:<\/p>\n<p>&#128308;35-non UN organizations<br \/>&#128308;31 UN entities <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/72pTyV811N\">pic.twitter.com\/72pTyV811N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2009025328065466665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Climate advocates <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c2es.org\/press-release\/c2es-on-us-unfccc-withdrawal\/\">criticized Trump<\/a> for pulling out of the UNFCCC, arguing that doing so &ldquo;will only isolate the United States further, undermine our global stature with allies around the globe, and cede the field to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\">China<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The administration says that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and other multilateral organizations &lsquo;no longer serve American interests.&rsquo; But the UNFCCC has not changed. American interests have not changed. The only thing that has changed is the cheapened and narrowed way that this administration misconstrues those interests,&rdquo; Nathaniel Keohane, the president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Free market groups supportive of rolling back extensive climate regulations lauded the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> for pulling the U.S. from the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Affordable and reliable energy is vital to growth and prosperity, as is removing harmful governmental policies that increase energy poverty,&rdquo; the Competitive Enterprise Institute&rsquo;s director of energy and environment, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=u001.gqh-2BaxUzlo7XKIuSly0rC0EjnMYg8qtMPkajpZyqDTm4o-2FtVMoPLBX9TGNyGvcfyf1JA_178PTXN1RT7ss-2BzFT-2B-2Bx6iKM-2B1sqbNzpjbA6xjHDfo-2FfT2lSOnnAPH5BvGc4dYsQmELWLtbnsnU4a1D0l8cdaCkxVf-2Bqca18YalWIrXbqvVd5bwJaUd-2FZhSZAXA-2FAqwUIEinWS4mcVQt0-2FUg58YgDV3QCYnMap15OsBpdTi6XnILmqWPHUn-2B2UyRLTIc6yFSWy-2Fj3zmtsznkM-2BNU166mvuqJe-2BmUWdAn82LtJmMk5-2BiFTqV7u-2F4M1P24J471FfsOKwCeOchxtYLBsnc6bD3CkD8g57b3stSFua7VBA0-2FEV-2B5xXLCxblRjF32zXxKE4g6QwQQg3kXYQIy-2B06PzpGqnC7nWSQrWVo-2B5lbcjfQWy5M-3D\">Daren Bakst<\/a>, said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately, misguided global climate policies, launched with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change &hellip; make our most important and abundant sources of energy more expensive. They also fail to properly account for the harm associated with reducing economic prosperity and human flourishing,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;In recent years, efforts to eliminate the use of fossil fuels &ndash; our most affordable and reliable energy sources &ndash; have been gaining traction at the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. This is just a sample of how extreme things have become.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rubio <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/01\/withdrawal-from-wasteful-ineffective-or-harmful-international-organizations\/\">said the frameworks<\/a>, while holding admirable origins, had exchanged the pursuit of &ldquo;peace and cooperation&rdquo; for &ldquo;progressive ideology&rdquo; that seeks to &ldquo;constrain American sovereignty.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What started as a pragmatic framework of international organizations for peace and cooperation has morphed into a sprawling architecture of global governance, often dominated by progressive ideology and detached from national interests,&rdquo; the secretary said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From[[<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\">diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a>]mandates to &lsquo;gender equity&rsquo; campaigns to climate orthodoxy, many international organizations now serve a globalist project rooted in the discredited fantasy of the &lsquo;End of History,&rsquo;&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;We will not continue expending resources, diplomatic capital, and the legitimizing weight of our participation in institutions that are irrelevant to or in conflict with our interests. We reject inertia and ideology in favor of prudence and purpose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the UNFCCC, Trump on Wednesday also withdrew the U.S. from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Treasury Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/scott-bessent\/\">Scott Bessent<\/a> announced that, given the president&rsquo;s memo, he would &ldquo;immediately&rdquo; pull the country out of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sb0352\">Green Climate Fund<\/a>, saying that its &ldquo;goals run contrary to the fact that affordable, reliable energy is fundamental to economic growth and poverty reduction.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/3854813\/trump-prevails-shipping-carbon-tax-plan-delaying-vote\/\">TRUMP PREVAILS AGAINST GLOBAL SHIPPING CARBON TAX PLAN, DELAYING VOTE BY A YEAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s memo followed his publicly skeptical position on climate change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Climate change is the world&rsquo;s &ldquo;greatest con job,&rdquo; Trump said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3820145\/trump-carbon-footprint-hoax-un-address-criticism-green-policies\/\">during remarks<\/a> at the U.N. General Assembly in September 2025. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump withdraws US from UN climate pact<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2531413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25356642321567.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51667,48905,3634,41588,32405],"class_list":["post-2531412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-climate-change-2","tag-paris-agreement","tag-trump","tag-united-nations","tag-united-states"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25356642321567.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531412"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531416,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531412\/revisions\/2531416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2531413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}