Key insights
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White House rationale for withdrawals: The White House said the withdrawals were intended to end US taxpayer funding and involvement in entities it said advance globalist agendas over US priorities and promote ineffective or hostile agendas.
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Potential legal vulnerability: The withdrawal could face legal challenges because the US Constitution does not specify what happens if a president withdraws from treaties.
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External criticism from a US advocacy group: Rachel Cleetus of the Union of Concerned Scientists called the move a new low and said it showed an authoritarian, anti-science administration determined to sacrifice people’s wellbeing and destabilise global cooperation.
Takeaways
The United States has formally withdrawn from 66 international organisations, including major UN climate bodies, with the White House ending US funding and involvement and critics warning of harm to global cooperation.
Topics
World & Politics Policy & Regulation International Affairs Climate & Environment Climate Change