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.