SEEC Slams Trump’s Disastrous Decision to Withdraw from 66 International Organizations, Including UNFCCC

Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, alongside 65 additional international organizations. 

“Today, President Donald Trump sent a dangerous signal to the global community that America is withdrawing from its role as a world leader, leaving America weaker, poorer, and more unsafe than ever before. 

“By directing the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations, including numerous international climate and environmental entities, Trump is abandoning America's international leadership and allowing competitors and adversaries to step into the void we leave behind. At a time when climate change impacts are accelerating – whether it’s ever-worsening fire seasons, more intense hurricanes, or prolonged droughts – choosing withdrawal over leadership is shortsighted and profoundly irresponsible. Climate change does not respect borders, and we cannot address this crisis alone.

“All Donald Trump has succeeded in today was throwing away decades of leadership and global collaboration on key issues that were actively improving the lives of the American people.”