Trump administration rejects UN climate goals (2025)
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The Trump administration announced last week that it opposed the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals.
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals were unanimously adopted in 2015 and are a key part of the body’s plans for global sustainability and Net Zero. The UN has been one of the driving forces behind ESG since the release of its Principles for Responsible Investment in 2005. The Trump administration’s rejection of the goals reduces the agenda’s global support.
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The announcement was made by Counselor for Economic and Social Affairs (ECOSOC) at the U.S. Mission to the UN Edward Heartney at the General Assembly, prior to a vote on “creating an International Day of Peaceful Coexistence,” which included a reaffirmation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In his remarks to the UN General Assembly, Heartney said that “Agenda 2030 and the SDGs advance a program of soft global governance that is inconsistent with U.S. sovereignty and adverse to the rights and interests of Americans,” adding that the new U.S. administration has “set a clear and overdue course correction on “gender” and climate ideology,” which he said “pervade the SDGs.” The announcement forms part of a broader retreat by the Trump administration from international climate and sustainability initiatives, including removing the U.S. from key climate financing endeavours, and exiting the Paris Agreement in one of President Trump’s first executive orders after his inauguration in January.[1] |
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