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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman in New York

Outrage as Trump withdraws from key UN climate treaty along with dozens of international organisations

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Trump at the UN general assembly in New York in September. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Donald Trump has sparked outrage by announcing the US will exit the foundational international agreement to address the climate crisis, cementing the US’s utter isolation from the global effort to confront dangerously escalating temperatures.

In a presidential memorandum issued on Wednesday, Trump withdrew from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), along with 65 other organizations, agencies and commissions, calling them “contrary to the interests of the United States”.

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