US to withdraw from Paris Agreement by 2026, UN confirms

The United States has formally notified the United Nations of its decision to withdraw from the Paris climate deal, with its official exit set for January 27, 2026. 

This announcement came from Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, during a briefing, Caliber.Az reports via international media sources.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the country’s withdrawal from the agreement on January 20, the day he assumed office. On January 27, 2025, the US officially informed the UN Secretary-General, who acts as the depositary of the Paris Agreement, about its decision. According to Article 28 of the agreement, the withdrawal will be finalized one year later, on January 27, 2026.

This marks the second time the US has pulled out of the agreement. The first withdrawal occurred in 2020 when Trump, nearing the end of his first term, formally rescinded the US's participation in the accord. This action came just months before the 2020 election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden. On January 20, 2021, shortly after taking office, President Biden signed an executive order to re-enter the climate deal.

The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, was signed by 195 nations. It set ambitious goals for reducing carbon emissions in an effort to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Under the agreement, participating countries made voluntary commitments to decrease their carbon dioxide emissions over the coming decades, aiming to mitigate the impacts of climate change.

By Tamilla Hasanova