State Department confirms U.S. exit from Paris Climate Accord

Trump signed Executive Order 14165 on Jan. 20, 2025, immediately withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement for the second time, claiming immediate effectiveness despite the treaty requiring one year for official withdrawal.

The executive order directed U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield to submit formal notification to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, reversing Biden's 2021 re-entry into the climate pact.

Trump simultaneously terminated all U.S. financial commitments under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, cutting off billions in international climate funding that flows to developing nations.

Twenty-five governors representing 60% of U.S. economic output maintain Paris goals through the U.S. Climate Alliance, creating parallel climate governance that fragments American foreign policy between federal and state actors.

The withdrawal isolates America from the $100 trillion global clean energy transition as 190 countries coordinate climate investments while U.S. companies lose access to international green finance partnerships.

Trump's climate reversal grants China and European competitors preferential access to World Bank and IMF green bonds worth hundreds of billions annually, undermining American clean energy leadership.