# Trump directs U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and rescinds the International Climate Finance Plan

Date: 2025

On 20 January 2025 [President Donald Trump](/people/mig-donald-trump) issued a presidential action directing formal notification of U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, withdrawal from related UNFCCC commitments and rescission of the International Climate Finance Plan. This record covers those documented directives; later emissions effects require separate evidence.

## People

- Donald Trump: https://factrail.ai/people/donald-trump
- JD Vance: https://factrail.ai/people/jd-vance

## Drivers

- Decarbonization and climate-mitigation policy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/env-decarbonization-policy

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-orders-us-withdrawal-paris-climate-agreement-2025-01-20/
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/putting-america-first-in-international-environmental-agreements/
- https://www.winston.com/en/blogs-and-podcasts/winston-and-the-legal-environment/president-trump-signs-executive-order-withdrawing-the-united-states-from-paris-agreement
- https://www.npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-s1-5266207/trump-paris-agreement-biden-climate-change

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/env-fact-trump-paris-withdrawal-2025