US officially informs UN Secretary-General of its withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement

United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric announced in a daily press briefing that the United States officially informed Guterres of its decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. Dujarric stated that the US will not be a party to the Paris Climate Agreement as of January 27, 2026. Reminding that the agreement was signed on December 12, 2015, Dujarric also pointed out that the US had previously withdrawn from the Paris Climate Agreement on November 4, 2020. The UN spokesperson emphasized that the UN continues to support the Paris Climate Agreement and the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. Former President Donald Trump had announced that the US would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, which was re-entered by the US under former President Joe Biden. Trump, who took office for the first time on January 20, 2017, withdrew the US from the agreement adopted in 2015. Joe Biden, who took office as the new president on January 20, 2021, re-entered the US into the Paris Climate Agreement on his first day in office with an executive order.