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

The Center for International Environmental Law argues that the Trump Administration's intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement violates international law, damages US global credibility, and slows the urgent response to climate change without benefiting the coal or fossil fuel industries.

• The intended withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement is described as a violation of international law because the Agreement is binding on all parties following its rapid entry into force.
• Withdrawal from the Agreement will not stop other countries, such as China and India, or US cities, states, and businesses from addressing climate threats, nor will it save jobs or the fossil fuel and coal industries.
• Unilateral withdrawal by the president undermines the credibility of the United States as an international actor, potentially hindering future negotiations on national security and the economy by signaling that US international commitments may not last longer than four years.

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} }