When President Biden took office back in 2021, he released several decrees to address climate change. Now the opposite is happening. President Trump is now in power, and he is feverishly signing the EOI. Many of these actions are aimed at limiting or reversing any changes made by the Biden administration, taking the oft-used “head in the sand” approach to climate policy. Trump's first step was withdraw the USA from the Paris Climate Agreement… again.
Trump began a stream of executive orders canceling 78 Biden administration leaders, including one dedicated to AI recommendationsbefore implementing federal hiring freeze And no new rules. Keep in mind that the EO can't change the law or regulation, but that won't stop Trump from trying. In other words, some of these things will end up bogged down in lengthy legal battles.
Trump withdrew the US from the Paris climate accord during his first term and then Biden reinstated him. Now history is repeating itself. The President once again excluded the United States from the list of agreements. This makes the US one of the few countries not party to the 2015 agreement, joining Iran, Libya, South Sudan, Eritrea and Yemen.
It also means the US is likely to abandon any commitments it made under the pact, including a promise of climate aid for developing countries and a pledge to cut emissions to 66 percent by 2035. The Trump administration must notify the United Nations in writing. about its intention to withdraw from the agreement, which will become official only in a year.