# Paris Agreement Withdrawal

> Ordered a second U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and from related international climate finance commitments.

Donald Trump · Energy & Environment · Executive Order · EO 14162 · Jan 20, 2025
Official record: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-02010

## What happened

Ordered a second U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and from related international climate finance commitments.

## How it happened

Signed Inauguration Day; formal UN withdrawal takes effect one year after notification.

## Documented impact

- [negative / substantiated] Re-isolates the U.S. on global climate policy. — As in 2017, the move makes the U.S. an outlier among nearly all nations and withdraws U.S. climate finance.
- [positive / contested] Administration frames it as ending costly, non-reciprocal commitments. — Supporters argue the pledges constrained U.S. energy production without binding major emitters.

## Public opinion

Withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement

Support exit: 24% · Oppose exit: 68%

68% say the U.S. should remain in the Paris Agreement, including 67% of independents and half of Republicans.

Source: Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 2025

## Sources

- [Federal Register: EO 14162](https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-02010)
- [TIME: what happened last time Trump left Paris](https://time.com/7208955/trump-paris-climate-agreement-withdraw-impact/)

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