The United States has once again retreated from global climate cooperation under President Donald Trump, formally exiting the Paris Agreement for a second time, leaving key United Nations climate bodies and dismantling domestic environmental policies. Here are some of the key consequences and what they mean for countries like Switzerland. A blow to international climate diplomacy and US influence On January 7, the US announced it was withdrawing from 66 international organisations, including several central to climate action such as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the treaty underpinning global efforts to curb warming that includes all countries among its members. The White House argued the organisations “no longer serve American interests” and promote “ineffective or hostile agendas”. Trump has repeatedly dismissed climate change as a hoax. The US is now the first and only country to leave the UNFCCC – alongside earlier withdrawals from the Paris Agreement ...
