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#Paris-Agreement

The 2015 international climate agreement committing signatory nations to limit global warming. U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement undermines global climate action and the cooperative framework for reducing emissions.

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Grade 1 of 5: Significant Democratic Concern

Paris Climate Agreement Withdrawal: Abandoning International Climate Cooperation

The Paris Agreement was the result of two decades of diplomatic effort to establish a global framework for addressing climate change. Trump withdrew citing economic impacts that were disputed by most economists, a commitment to the 'forgotten workers' of coal country, and a broader rejection of international cooperation he described as harmful to American sovereignty. Scientists and diplomats documented the withdrawal's immediate effect on global climate negotiations and the precedent it set for other countries.