In a widely anticipated move, newly inaugurated President Donald Trump announced plans to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, marking a dramatic reversal of his predecessor’s climate agenda. The decision is part of a broader strategy the White House describes as “ending Biden’s policies of climate extremism.”
This will be the second time the U.S. exits the landmark international climate accord under Trump’s leadership. The U.S. initially withdrew during Trump’s first term, only to rejoin under President Biden on his first day in office. The Paris Agreement, a global pact under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), aims to limit global temperature increases to below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, with an aspiration to cap them at 1.5°C.
The U.S. remains the only country to have ever withdrawn from the agreement, which has been signed by nearly all nations.
Trump’s announcement is part of a broader effort to dismantle key components of Biden’s climate policies. In his inauguration speech, Trump pledged to revoke the electric vehicle (EV) mandate, end leasing for large wind farms, and roll back the “Green New Deal,” referring to Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which allocated $270 billion to renewable energy and industrial decarbonization.
Trump also reaffirmed his commitment to expand domestic energy production, stating, “We will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.”
These actions signal a significant shift in U.S. climate and energy policy, emphasizing fossil fuel development over renewable energy and international cooperation on climate change.
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