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. Washington typically provides 22 percent of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat's budget,

"The United States notified the Secretary-General, in his capacity as depositary, of its withdrawal, on Jan 27, 2025, from the Paris Agreement of 12 December 2015," Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres, said at a daily briefing.

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.