"The US has pledged to pull out of dozens of international organizations and treaties established to advance the protection of the planet. But it doesn't spell the end of environmental action. 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."
"Besides cutting funding and contact with groups including the UN Democracy Fund, UN Women and the Global Forum on Migration and Development, there is a clear anti-climate, anti-environment tone to this latest White House move. 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. Trump, who makes no secret of his support of the oil industry and who has referred to climate change as a "hoax", announced his plans to exit the accord shortly after taking office for his second term. In a statement issued following yesterday's White House announcement, Rachel Cleetus, policy director and lead economist for the Climate and Energy Program of the UCS said Trump's withdrawal from the UNFCCC is "yet another a sign that this authoritarian, anti-science administration is determined to sacrifice people's well-being and destabilize global cooperation.""
The United States has pledged to withdraw from 66 international organizations and treaties established to protect the planet. The withdrawals include environmental bodies such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the International Renewable Energy Agency and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The moves involve cutting funding and contact with groups including the UN Democracy Fund, UN Women and the Global Forum on Migration and Development. The administration dismisses climate science, supports the oil industry, has called climate change a "hoax" and has announced plans to exit the Paris Agreement. Critics warn the withdrawals will destabilize global cooperation and harm people’s well-being.
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