WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from a foundational climate treaty and the world’s leading global warming assessment body, as part of a sweeping exit from the United Nations system, the White House announced Wednesday. A total of 66 international organizations were named in a White House memorandum as “contrary to the interests of the United States.” Most notable among them is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the parent treaty underpinning all major international climate agreements. READ: Trump withdraws US from ‘unfair’ Paris climate accord, WHO Trump, who has thrown the full […]... Keep on reading: Trump pulls US out of key climate treaty, science body – White House