The Trump administration said Wednesday that the United States was withdrawing from 66 international agreements, including a major climate change treaty.
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC, is the treaty that sets a legal framework for international negotiations to address climate change.
The action could make it more difficult for a future administration to rejoin the Paris climate accord, the agreement among most nations to fight climate change.
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President Trump addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York last year.