Trump Withdrew From 66 International Climate Agreements in One Day
On January 7, 2026, Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from 66 international climate organizations and agreements. Sixty-six. In one day.
Not a handful. Sixty-six separate commitments the United States made to address the climate crisis. Gone. With a signature.
This wasn’t policy. This was arson. This was Trump standing in front of a burning planet and throwing gasoline on the fire while claiming the treaties “no longer serve American interests.”
Let’s be specific about what he killed. The 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. That’s the foundational treaty that nearly every country on Earth signed to address climate change. It’s been in place for over three decades. Trump tore it up.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. That’s the world’s leading scientific body that assesses climate science. Thousands of scientists from around the globe contributing peer-reviewed research. Trump decided we don’t need that anymore.
And the next day, January 8, his administration withdrew from the Green Climate Fund. That’s the fund to help poorer nations deal with climate impacts they didn’t cause. America helped create it. Now we’re walking away.
You know what “no longer serves American interests” actually means? It means fossil fuel companies can keep drilling without international scrutiny. It means coal plants can keep running without global accountability. It means oil executives get to maximize profits while the rest of us choke on the consequences.
Because climate change is already here. Record temperatures. Deadly wildfires. Catastrophic floods. Hurricanes leveling cities. Droughts destroying crops. This is happening now.
And Trump’s response? Withdraw from every agreement designed to address it. Abandon the international framework built over decades. Isolate America from global climate action. All so his fossil fuel donors can squeeze out a few more years of profit.
You want to know what’s really un-American? Pulling out of agreements we made with the entire world. Breaking promises our country spent years negotiating. Telling every other nation that America’s word means nothing. That’s what Trump did.
Every other developed nation is investing in renewable energy. Building wind farms and solar arrays. Creating millions of clean energy jobs. Preparing for the future. Meanwhile, Trump’s betting America’s future on coal and oil—dying industries.
He’s not protecting American interests. He’s protecting the interests of the executives who funded his campaign. The same executives who’ve known for decades that fossil fuels are destroying the planet and chose profit over survival.
Your kids will inherit this. Your grandkids will grow up where climate disasters are normal. Where coastal cities flood. Where heat waves kill thousands. Where climate refugees number in the millions. And when they ask why nobody stopped it, the answer will include January 7, 2026.
Trump stood up that day and declared that America—the country that’s contributed more to climate change than almost any other—would abandon its responsibility. He pulled us out of 66 agreements designed to save the planet because science and international cooperation are inconvenient for his fossil fuel friends.
The world is burning. Trump’s solution was to withdraw from the fire department.
Still think he puts America first?
Sources:
Euronews: “Trump withdraws US from UN climate treaty and 65 other global bodies”
https://www.euronews.com/2026/01/08/trump-withdraws-us-from-un-climate-treaty-and-65-other-global-bodies
Union of Concerned Scientists: “Trump Sinks to New Low by Announcing US Withdrawal from 66 International Organizations”
https://www.ucs.org/about/news/trump-sinks-new-low-announcing-us-withdrawal-66-international-organizations-including
Chemical & Engineering News: “Trump pulls US out of another major UN climate treaty”
https://cen.acs.org/environment/climate-change/Trump-pulls-US-another-major/104/web/2026/01
Carbon Brief: “Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action”
https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-trumps-us-exit-from-unfccc-and-ipcc-could-mean-for-climate-action/
NBC News: “Trump’s exit from global climate treaty leaves U.S. without a voice in negotiations”
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/trump-exit-climate-treaty-us-no-voice-global-negotiations-rcna252980
Utility Dive: “Trump pulls US from key climate treaty, 65 other global organizations”
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-pulls-us-from-key-climate-treaty-65-other-global-organizations/809319/