Paris –
U.S. President Donald Trump has outraged environmental activists by announcing the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord for the second time.
The U.S. has a long history of failing to ratify international agreements, yet many continue to exert strong influence on global policy without the world’s most powerful nation.
The U.S. is the only member of the United Nations not to have ratified the convention, though the country exercises influence with observer status.