Trump withdraws from climate treaty, reverses 78 Biden orders

Two Democratic governors that co-chair the bipartisan US Climate Alliance – a group of 24 states and territories – said they would lead a US delegation to the annual United Nations climate negotiations, slated to take place in Brazil in late 2025.

“It’s critical for the international community to know that climate action will continue in the US,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a statement.

“The alliance will bring this message to COP30.”

A UN official who oversees climate change negotiations reiterated “the door remains open to the Paris Agreement” after Donald Trump withdrew the US from the landmark climate agreement for the second time.

“We welcome constructive engagement from any and all countries,” Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change executive secretary, said in a statement.

Stiell emphasised the importance of the clean energy boom around the world, valued at US$2 trillion ($3.18 trillion) last year and rising – and warned that countries that don’t embrace it will be left behind.

He was echoed by other climate groups.

“There is no energy emergency. There is a climate emergency,” Natural Resources Defence Council president Manish Bapna said in a statement.

“The United States is producing more oil and gas than any country in history. On the tailwinds of successful climate and energy policy, the nation is producing more clean power than ever.”