Chemical and Engineering News, January 2026
The Donald J. Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to withdraw the US from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which would make the US the only nation in the world not part of the main international agreement to slow the effects of climate change.
The administration also aims to leave the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and over 60 other UN and international organizations, saying that continuing to support them doesn’t serve US interests. These include the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development; the International Renewable Energy Agency; and the International Energy Agency. The US will also withdraw from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), an international organization that finances climate mitigation in less-developed countries, and step down from the GCF board.
