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#climate change

Incidents involving withdrawal from climate agreements, dismantlement of environmental protections, and policies that accelerate greenhouse gas emissions. Climate policy failures have cascading humanitarian consequences for vulnerable populations worldwide.

2 incidents

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

Systematic Destruction of Environmental Protections — Paris Agreement, UNFCCC, and Endangerment Finding

An unprecedented withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, UNFCCC, and IPCC, combined with the rescission of the endangerment finding and rollback of 31+ environmental rules, constitutes the most comprehensive destruction of environmental protections in US history. The actions remove the world's largest historical emitter from the international climate framework while eliminating domestic regulation of greenhouse gases.