The United Nations confirmed Tuesday it had received notification from Washington of its withdrawal from the Paris climate change agreement, a key campaign pledge of US President Donald Trump.

The Paris agreement is complex and works in a slow bureaucratic manner. It’s a mostly voluntary climate pact originally written in ways that would both try to reduce a worsening climate change problem and withstand the changing political winds in the United States.

The move places the US alongside Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries outside the pact. Read more at straitstimes.com.

President Trump signed an executive order Monday evening officially beginning the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement. The newly inaugurated president signed the order at an

President Donald Trump said Monday he will again withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.S. from its closest allies.

Various European leaders reacted to President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement saying that they will stick to the landmark Paris climate agreement even though the United States has withdrawn from it.

The United States has officially pulled out from the Paris Climate Agreement, effective January 27, 2026. UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, revealed this at a news briefing on Tuesday in New York. DAILY POST recalls that the historic accord reached by 193 countries in December 2015 in a bid to keep temperature rises to below 1.