"The Trump administration dismisses climate science despite the evidence of increased extreme weather events connected to the burning of oil, gas and coalImage: BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP Described by US nonprofit science advocacy organization, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) as a "new low", Donald Trump is planning to withdraw his country from 66 organizations on the grounds that they no longer serve American interests."
"The International Union for Conservation of Nature, the International Renewable Energy Agency and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are among the environmental bodies on the list of 66. As is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is based in the German city of Bonn and organizes the annual UN climate conferences. In 2015, parties to the convention adopted the 2015 Paris Agreement, pledging to prevent runaway heating."
The US pledged to pull out of dozens of international organizations and treaties established to advance the protection of the planet, including major environmental bodies. The move cuts funding and contact with groups such as the UN Democracy Fund, UN Women and the Global Forum on Migration and Development. Listed environmental bodies include the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the International Renewable Energy Agency and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, as well as the UNFCCC. Parties to the UNFCCC adopted the 2015 Paris Agreement to prevent runaway heating. President Trump, a supporter of the oil industry who has called climate change a "hoax", announced plans to exit the Paris accord.
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