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Executive Order 14162 of January 20, 2025 

Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: 

Section 1. Purpose. The United States must grow its economy and maintain 

jobs for its citizens while playing a leadership role in global efforts to 

protect the environment. Over decades, with the help of sensible policies 

that do not encumber private-sector activity, the United States has simultaneously grown its economy, raised worker wages, increased energy production, reduced air and water pollution, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. 

The United States’ successful track record of advancing both economic and 

environmental objectives should be a model for other countries. 

In recent years, the United States has purported to join international agreements and initiatives that do not reflect our country’s values or our contributions to the pursuit of economic and environmental objectives. Moreover, 

these agreements steer American taxpayer dollars to countries that do not 

require, or merit, financial assistance in the interests of the American people. 

Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of my Administration to put the interests 

of the United States and the American people first in the development 

and negotiation of any international agreements with the potential to damage 

or stifle the American economy. These agreements must not unduly or 

unfairly burden the United States. 

Sec. 3. Implementation. (a) The United States Ambassador to the United 

Nations shall immediately submit formal written notification of the United 

States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations 

Framework Convention on Climate Change. The notice shall be submitted 

to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Depositary of the Agreement, attached as Appendix A. The United States will consider its withdrawal 

from the Agreement and any attendant obligations to be effective immediately 

upon this provision of notification. 

(b) The United States Ambassador to the United Nations shall immediately 

submit written formal notification to the Secretary-General of the United 

Nations, or any relevant party, of the United States’ withdrawal from any 

agreement, pact, accord, or similar commitment made under the United 

Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 

(c) The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, in collaboration 

with the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury, shall immediately 

cease or revoke any purported financial commitment made by the United 

States under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 

(d) Immediately upon completion of the tasks listed in subsections (a), 

(b), and (c), the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, in collaboration with the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury shall certify 

a report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Assistant 

to the President for National Security Affairs that describes in detail any 

further action required to achieve the policy objectives set forth in section 

2 of this order. 

(e) The U.S. International Climate Finance Plan is revoked and rescinded 

immediately. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, 


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within 10 days of this order, issue guidance for the rescission of all frozen 

funds. 

(f) Within 30 days of this order, the Secretary of State, Secretary of 

the Treasury, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Agriculture, Administrator of the 

Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for 

International Development, Chief Executive Officer of the International Development Finance Corporation, Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium 

Challenge Corporation, Director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, 

President of the Export-Import Bank, and head of any other relevant department or agency shall submit a report to the Assistant to the President 

for Economic Policy and the Assistant to the President for National Security 

Affairs that details their actions to revoke or rescind policies that were 

implemented to advance the International Climate Finance Plan. 

(g) The Secretary of State, Secretary of Commerce, and the head of any 

department or agency that plans or coordinates international energy agreements shall henceforth prioritize economic efficiency, the promotion of American prosperity, consumer choice, and fiscal restraint in all foreign engagements that concern energy policy. 

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed 

to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, 

or the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(b) This order shall be implemented in a manner consistent with applicable 

law and subject to the availability of appropriations. 

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, 

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party 

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, 

employees, or any other persons. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

January 20, 2025. 

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APPENDIX A 

NOTIFICATION OF WITHDRAWAL ON BEHALF OF 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

NOTIFICATION OF WITHDRAWAL ON BEHALF OF 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

His Excellency Antonio Guterres 

Secretary-General of the United Nations 

I, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, 

provide notification of withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, 

done at Paris, France, on December 12, 2015, on behalf of the 

United States of America, based on the authorities vested in me 

by the Constitution of the United States. 

Done at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of January, 2025.