Trump Administration Announces Second Withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord
Jan 20, 2025, 05:30 PM
President Donald Trump has announced the United States' intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord for a second time, as stated in a White House document released on Monday. This decision marks another move by the Trump administration to exit the international treaty on climate change, which was adopted by 196 parties at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris on December 12, 2015.
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