UPDATE 2-US exit of key UN climate treaty criticized as self-sabotage
Published on: Jan. 8, 2026, 8:53 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
"While all other nations are stepping forward together, this latest step back from global leadership, climate cooperation and science can only harm the U.S. economy, jobs and living standards, as wildfires, floods, mega-storms and droughts get rapidly worse," Stiell said in a statement. "It is a colossal own goal which will leave the U.S. less secure and less prosperous." U.S. President Donald Trump, a vocal critic of renewable energy who has called Climate Change a "con job" and a hoax, went beyond his previous action of withdrawing the U.S.
