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EU regrets US withdrawal from UN climate treaty

By Thomson Reuters Jan 8, 2026 | 2:41 AM

Jan 8 (Reuters) – The EU regretted the decision ‍by the United States to withdraw from the U.N.’s key climate ‌treaty (UNFCC), EU ‌Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said on Thursday.

“The UNFCCC underpins global climate ​action. It brings countries ‍together to ​support climate, ​reduce emissions, adapt ‍to climate change, and track progress,” Hoiekstra said in a post ‍on social media platform X.

“The decision by ‍the ‍world’s largest ​economy and ​second-largest ⁠emitter to retreat ‌from it is regrettable and unfortunate.”

(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Alex ⁠Richardson)