March 10, 2025 4:53 PM

United States quits board of UN climate damage fund, letter shows

The United States has withdrawn from the board of the U.N.'s hard-negotiated climate damage fund, dedicated to helping poor and vulnerable nations cope with climate change-fuelled disasters, a letter seen by Reuters showed. The withdrawal is one of many steps taken by President Donald Trump's administration to end U.S. support for addressing climate change and comes amid a broader pullback by the world's richest country from multilateral initiatives. Since taking office in January, it has halt...