Full Title: Can the President Withdraw from the Paris Agreement?
Author(s): Congressional Research Service
Publisher(s): Congressional Research Service
Publication Date: December 1, 2016
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Description (excerpt):
Recently, media outlets have reported that President-elect Donald Trump is considering options to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement—an international agreement intended to reduce the effects of climate change by maintaining global temperatures “well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels[.]” As detailed in this earlier CRS report, the Paris Agreement entered into force on November 4, 2016 and has been accepted by 112 parties, including the United States and the European Union.