Ranking Member Shaheen Statement on Trump Administration Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the Trump Administration's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):

"The Trump Administration's decision to once again withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement is an egregious mistake that will impact generations to come. As the world continues to grapple with the global climate crisis, the Paris Agreement provides the United States opportunities to lead on clean energy and technological innovation that benefit American businesses and families while improving lives around the world. Leaving this agreement creates a void that adversaries, like the Peoples Republic of China, will look to fill and leverage for its own economic advantage.

"For our strategic partners in the Indo-Pacific, Oceania, Latin America and Africa who are on the front lines of the climate crisis, facing mounting food insecurity and growing scarcity of natural resources, the Trump Administration's abandonment of the Paris Agreement sends the signal that this administration is indifferent to their challenges-as well as the impact on our own country-and that the U.S. cannot be relied on."

In 2015, Ranking Member Shaheen travelled to Paris to participate in the 21st Conference of Parties where the U.S. and other parties to the UNFCCC finalized and agreed to the Paris Climate Agreement. During the 117th Congress, Ranking Member Shaheen sponsored the International Climate Accountability Act, which defended the maintenance of U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement and would have required the U.S. to maintain the process for developing Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement.

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