By Issam Ahmed, AFP
Photo: MANDEL NGAN / AFP
President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from a foundational climate treaty as part of a sweeping exit from collective global action, the White House announced today.
A total of 66 global organizations and treaties - roughly half affiliated with the United Nations - were listed in a White House memorandum as "contrary to the interests of the United States."
Most notable among them is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the parent treaty underpinning all major international climate agreements.
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