US announces withdrawal from Paris Agreement by January 2026 Story by Dajen Comfort Yakubu The United States has officially notified the secretary-general of its withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, effective January 27, 2026. UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, announced this at a news briefing on Tuesday in New York. The historic accord reached by 193 countries in December 2015 to keep temperature rises below 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels was signed by the U.S. on April 22, 2016. During Trump’s first term, the U.S. withdrew from the Agreement on November 4 2020, before his...