Scientific American, 21 January 2025

Why the Paris Climate Agreement Matters in 5 Graphics

One of President Trump’s first executive orders withdraws the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. These graphics show why the pact is crucial to curbing the worst effects of global warming.

Hours after he was sworn into office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order—among a flurry of such decrees—to once again pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement, the international pact aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to stave off their worst impacts on Earth’s climate.