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Withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement
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Donald Trump said, as a candidate
“We will again get out of Paris, and we will rapidly issue approvals for all worthy energy infrastructure projects with a focus on maximum speed to bring prices down rapidly.”
Current rating: Kept
Kept
Rated Jan 27, 2026
Rated by AI-assisted research
Next review Jul 2026
Why we rated it this way
As a candidate, Trump said in a February 2023 campaign video that the United States would "again get out of Paris," and his campaign confirmed the pledge in July 2024. On his first day in office, January 20, 2025, he signed Executive Order 14162, which directed the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to submit formal notice of withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. The notice was delivered on January 27, 2025, and under Article 28 of the agreement the withdrawal took effect one year later, on January 27, 2026, as recorded by the UN depositary.
The rating is kept rather than in progress because the withdrawal is complete: the United States is no longer a party to the Paris Agreement. The administration then went further than the pledge, directing withdrawal from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in January 2026; that separate step takes effect on February 27, 2027, but it is not needed for this promise to count as carried out.
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Votes, bills, laws and statements related to this promise, newest first.
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Executive action
U.S. withdrawal from Paris Agreement takes effect
The U.S. withdrawal took effect on January 27, 2026, one year after notice, under Article 28 of the agreement.
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Executive action
Memorandum directs exit from the UN climate convention
A presidential memorandum directed withdrawal from 66 international bodies, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the parent treaty of the Paris Agreement. The United States gave notice on February 27, 2026, and that withdrawal takes effect on February 27, 2027.
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Executive action
Withdrawal notice delivered to the United Nations
The United States notified the UN Secretary-General, the treaty's depositary, of its decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, starting the one-year period required by Article 28.
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Executive action
Executive Order 14162 directs Paris withdrawal
Trump signed an order directing the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to immediately submit formal written notice of the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
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