The White House says President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum that authorizes the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations, conventions and treaties.

Trump said the US would withdraw from the Paris climate accord for a second time, a defiant rejection of global efforts to combat planetary warming.

This move follows Trump’s second withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and signals a broader attempt to dismantle the entire international ecosystem built around climate action, development governance,

The US will withdraw from the treaty underpinning all major international climate agreements and the UN climate science body, according to a White House memo.

WITHDRAWING FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations that no longer serve American interests.