Outrage as Trump withdraws from key UN climate treaty along with dozens of international organisations
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Experts decry move to leave UNFCCC as ‘embarrassing’ as president orders withdrawal from 66 international groups

The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the UN’s population agency and the UN treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, as the US further retreats from global cooperation.

Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending US support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions following his instructions for his administration to review participation in and funding for all international organizations, including those affiliated with the UN, according to a White House statement on social media.

Most of the targets are UN-related agencies, commissions and advisory panels that focus on climate, labor and other issues that the Trump administration has categorized as catering to diversity and “woke” initiatives.

    • thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      I don’t consider it an 'Empire", it’s basically England continued under a different name. Time for the U.S. of A. to rejoin Europe, as well as England admitting it made a mistake leaving the EU. Include also New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Argentine, Chile. When the smoke clears, include Ukraine and Russia. Drop all the artificial boarders, they’ve become nonsensical in an era of the Internet/Smartphones and cheap airline travel.

      • kingofras@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        cheap airline travel

        Because we don’t carbon tax.

        And we don’t carbon tax because all those places don’t work together for the common good of all.

        And lumping all those together with the current systems of democracy where citizens get a vague say once every four years and every major corporation gets a say on every single law before it gets passed, will lead to and even bigger Empire that will fail even bigly-er.