US withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement: recipe for global isolation, irrelevance

The Center for International Environmental Law asserts that the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement violates international law and damages US credibility as an international actor. The statement claims that this decision will not protect the coal or fossil fuel industries nor save jobs, but will instead slow the global response to climate change. It notes that other nations, specifically China and India, as well as US cities and states, will continue to pursue climate action regardless of the federal government's exit.

• The withdrawal from the Paris Agreement is characterized as a violation of international law because the Agreement is now binding on all parties, including the United States.
• The decision to exit the agreement will not protect the fossil fuel or coal industries, nor will it create or save jobs; instead, it will slow the global response to climate change and damage the credibility of the US in negotiating future international deals on economy and national security.
• The US withdrawal will not stop other global actors, including China, India, US cities, and US states, from continuing to address the climate threat and meeting Paris commitments.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2017). US withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement: recipe for global isolation, irrelevance. https://www.ciel.org/news/us-withdrawal-paris-climate-agreement-recipe-global-isolation-irrelevance/

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. US withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement: recipe for global isolation, irrelevance. 2017. https://www.ciel.org/news/us-withdrawal-paris-climate-agreement-recipe-global-isolation-irrelevance/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2017withdrawal, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{US withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement: recipe for global isolation, irrelevance}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2017}, month = may, url = {https://www.ciel.org/news/us-withdrawal-paris-climate-agreement-recipe-global-isolation-irrelevance/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }