"Trump cutting ties with the world's oldest climate treaty is another despicable effort to let corporate fossil fuel interests run our government."
"'Given deeply polarized US politics, it's going to be nearly impossible for the U.S. to rejoin the UNFCCC with a two-thirds majority vote. Letting this lawless move stand could shut the US out of climate diplomacy forever,' Su warned. 'Withdrawing from the world's leading climate, biodiversity, and scientific institutions threatens all life on Earth.'"
"Trump also pulled the US out of the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the UN International Law Commission, the UN Democracy Fund, UN Oceans, and dozens of other global bodies, deeming them "contrary to the interests of the United States.""
The United States withdrew from dozens of international treaties and organizations, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), marking the first departure from that landmark climate agreement. The UNFCCC had been ratified by the US Senate in 1992 by unanimous consent, but congressional leaders have repeatedly failed to block unilateral presidential withdrawals. The move removes the US from multiple global bodies addressing climate, biodiversity, law, oceans, and democracy. Analysts warn that exiting key scientific and conservation institutions and the UNFCCC could hinder US participation in climate diplomacy and make future reentry constitutionally and politically difficult.
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