Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty

Published on January 9, 2026

The US, which has announced plans to withdraw from the global climate treaty – the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – is more historically responsible for climate change than any other country or group.

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