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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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June 1, 2017 Updated November 4, 2020 Foreign Policy & War

Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern

Paris Climate Agreement Withdrawal: Rejecting Global Climate Commitments

Trump announced the withdrawal in the Rose Garden, framing it as a defense of American workers against an agreement he claimed was economically harmful. The U.S. had committed under Paris to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 26–28% below 2005 levels by 2025. Trump claimed the accord would cost 2.7 million jobs — a figure taken from a Koch-funded study that most economists disputed. The U.S. was the only major nation to withdraw. The formal withdrawal process took three years under treaty terms; the U.S. officially left the day after the 2020 election. President Biden rejoined on his first day in office.

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June 1, 2017 Updated November 4, 2017 Federal Dismantlement

War Crime / Crime Against Humanity

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.

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