US President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from UN bodies that hold climate summits, among other things. The White House confirms this on its website.
On Wednesday, Trump signed a decree that means that the United States is withdrawing from a total of 66 organizations, conventions and treaties. This applies, among other things, to the UN Climate Convention (UNFCCC) and the UN Climate Panel (IPCC).
Under the auspices of the UNFCCC, climate summits, better known as COPs, are held every year. The almost 200 countries that have joined the climate convention meet here. The United States did not participate in the latest COP30 meeting, held in the Brazilian city of Belém.
At COP21 in Paris in 2015, an agreement was reached in which countries agreed to limit temperature increases to no more than 2.0 degrees - and preferably below 1.5 degrees - compared to pre-industrial times.
Donald Trump, who denies climate change, has previously withdrawn the United States from the Paris Agreement. At the same time, since he was sworn in as president for the second time a year ago, Trump has wanted to increase the production of fossil fuels such as oil and gas.
The president has also spoken out critically about wind turbines, and his administration has put several offshore wind projects on hold, including Danish Ørsted's Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind.
On Wednesday, the White House announced in a post on X that the president had signed a decree that meant that the United States would no longer be a member of a total of 66 international organizations.
- This will stop American taxpayer funding and involvement in organizations that promote global agendas over US priorities, the White House said.
Subsequently, The New York Times reported that Trump would, among other things, withdraw the United States from the UN bodies UNFCCC and IPCC.
Later, the White House published on its website the names of the 66 organizations, which also include several conventions and treaties. Among the 66 organizations is also the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
IUCN is an international nature conservation organization that prepares the so-called red lists for endangered animal and plant species. Red lists are a central tool in the conservation of endangered species, and in Denmark, the red list assessments are also carried out based on guidelines from IUCN.
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