On 27 January 2026, the United States has officially exited the Paris climate agreement for the second time under President Donald Trump — making it the only nation in the world outside the landmark treaty alongside Iran, Libya and Yemen. This move abandons global cooperation to restrain climate breakdown at precisely the moment when scientific reports warn that warming is accelerating past the 1.5°C threshold.
The Paris accord, signed by nearly 200 countries in 2015, was the centrepiece of international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The US pull-out undermines decades of diplomacy and weakens the pressure on other nations to raise their own climate ambitions. Critics say this decision is not just a diplomatic retreat but a flagship example of fossil fuel interests dictating policy — throwing climate science, justice for vulnerable nations, and Earth’s future under the bus for corporate profits.
If left unchallenged, this abdication of responsibility will embolden polluters and drive up emissions at the very moment the world should be cutting them deeply.
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