The White House and State Department deemed the international bodies "contrary to the interests of the United States."

In a presidential memorandum issued on Wednesday evening, Trump said the US would withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and 65 additional UN and other multilateral groups, mostly linked to the environment, renewable energy, development, education and the promotion of democracy and human rights.

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WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. ​President Donald ‌Trump on Wednesday ‌signed a proclamation withdrawing the United ⁠States ‌from 35 non-United Nations ‍organizations and 31 UN entities ​that "operate contrary ‌to U.S. national interests," the White House said ⁠in a ​statement.

Libby Jewett founded the U.S. ocean acidification program and had begun work on offshore wind energy. But she joined the past year’s historic exodus from the agency, the impacts of which are still not clear.

In a sweeping assertion of his “America First” worldview, President Donald Trump has ordered the United States to withdraw from the International Solar Alliance (ISA), the Gurugram-headquartered coalition championing solar energy as a global response to climate change.