Trump’s memo stating US ‘shall withdraw’ from UNFCCC marks first time any country has tried to exit the agreement
The Trump administration’s long-anticipated decision this week to pull the US from the world’s most important climate treaty may have been illegal, some experts say.
“In my legal opinion, he does not have the authority,” Harold Hongju Koh, former head lawyer for the US state department, told the Guardian.
In a Wednesday presidential memorandum, the president said the US “shall withdraw” from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), along with 65 other organizations, agencies and commissions that it deemed “contrary to the interests of the United States”. It marks the first time any country has ever moved to exit the agreement.
The UN climate body requires one year’s notice for withdrawal, so the United States will not cease being a party for a year. Trump’s memo did not specify whether or not his administration will submit a formal notice of termination to the UN.
I think it being illegal and him doing it anyways is the modern Nazi’s way of “sticking it to the libs.”
Oh, calling them Nazis is going too far? Let’s roll the tape on the Gestapo shooting and terrorizing civilians in their homes while demanding papers.
I think that now they’re going house to house to search for people to send to concentration camps, the Nazi comparison is fine.