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United States: This is what the withdrawal from the UNFCCC and IPCC means

The United States intends to withdraw from global organizations for climate protection and renewables. Legal details are unclear, but the setback for funding and science is huge. The US wants to continue to exert influence in some energy committees.

Bernhard Pötter
13. January 2026
(151212) -- PARIS, Dec. 12, 2015 -- French Foreign Minister and President of the COP21 Laurent Fabius (3rd R), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (4th R), French President Francois Hollande (2nd R) and Christiana Figueres (5th R), executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) celebrate the adoption of the agreement during the final conference at the COP21, in Le Bourget, Paris, Dec.12, 2015. The historic Paris agreement on climate change is finally adopted with no objection on Saturday
Americans out: Not just out of the Paris Agreement, but the Convention too. (IMAGO / Xinhua)

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Last updated: 13. January 2026

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