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Trump orders U.S. withdrawal from Gurugram-based International Solar Alliance
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said one reason for the U.S. action was what he described as “climate orthodoxy” that works against “our nation’s sovereignty, freedoms, and general prosperity.”
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IANS - Thu, 08, Jan 2026
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President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. out of the Gurugram-headquartered International Solar Alliance (ISA), which promotes the use of solar energy to combat climate change.
The ISA was among the 66 international entities from which he withdrew the U.S. in an order on Wednesday, alleging they worked “contrary to U.S. national interests,” the White House said.
Trump, who has called climate change a “hoax,” moved aggressively against entities — both U.N. and non-U.N. — with climate and environmental mandates, sweeping the ISA into the decision.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said one reason for the U.S. action was what he described as “climate orthodoxy” that works against “our nation’s sovereignty, freedoms, and general prosperity.”
The ISA was founded in 2015 jointly by India and France and has 124 signatories, of which about 100 are full members.
Its primary goal is to mobilize $1 trillion in investments for solar energy and encourage related technologies by 2030. It is headed by Director-General Ashish Khanna.
Between 2022 and 2025, Washington’s contributions to the ISA totaled $2.1 million, according to a U.S. government database, which said the funds were “to support the U.S.-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership through ISA programs to accelerate the deployment of solar in developing and emerging countries.”
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, through which the Paris Climate Agreement was reached, was foremost among the 31 U.N.-linked organizations Trump targeted.
Others included U.N. entities dealing with water, oceans and energy, as well as the U.N. Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries.
The 35 non-U.N. organizations included nine working in climate change and environmental areas.
Among them was the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was headed by India’s Rajendra Pachauri when it won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
The U.S. committed to joining the ISA in 2016 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Barack Obama at the White House.
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