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Trump’s Latest Climate Blow Threatens Major International Bodies

US President Donald Trump during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, in September 2025. — US President Donald Trump during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, in September 2025.
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

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By David Stringer and Jennifer A Dlouhy

January 8, 2026 at 1:29 PM UTC

The Trump administration’s decision to quit two major climate bodies has been labeled “a gift” to China that will diminish the US’s global standing and hurt the world’s ability to fight global warming.

Today’s newsletter looks at the implications of the planned US exit from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.