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


FILE PHOTO: Children wade through water in a flooded residential area following heavy rains in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, March 4, 2025. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States has withdrawn from the board of the U.N.'s hard-negotiated climate damage fund, dedicated to helping poor and vulnerable nations cope with climate change-fuelled disasters,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.

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