Withdraw from international climate-finance commitments

Project 2025 calls for withdrawing from climate-change agreements it considers contrary to U.S. prosperity. Treasury later withdrew the United States from the Green Climate Fund and its board.

Project 2025 said

The next Administration should eliminate the Climate Hub Office and withdraw from climate change agreements that are inimical to the prosperity of the United States.

Chapter: 22 · Department of the Treasury
Author: William L. Walton; Stephen Moore; David R. Burton
Department: U.S. Department of the Treasury
Printed page: 709
PDF page: 741
Last verified: August 17, 2026

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Canonical Heritage PDF, printed page 709, PDF viewer page 741. This comparison uses the climate-agreement clause, not the unverified Climate Hub elimination claim.

Compared with

Government did

Match: Strong Alignment

Treasury withdraws the United States from the Green Climate Fund

Treasury notified the Green Climate Fund that the United States was withdrawing from the Fund and stepping down from its board, effective immediately.

Action type: Administrative Action
Identifier: Treasury announcement, January 8, 2026
Current status: Administratively Implemented
In effect: Yes
Last verified: August 17, 2026

Why this match

The Project 2025 passage expressly calls for withdrawal from climate-change agreements. Treasury withdrew from the Green Climate Fund in alignment with the Administration's UNFCCC withdrawal. This comparison does not claim that the separate Climate Hub recommendation was implemented.

How this can change

Reversibility: Moderate

Other

A future Administration could seek renewed participation through Treasury and the Green Climate Fund's governance process. Any renewed U.S. financial contribution would remain subject to available legal authority and appropriations.

Authority: President · Agency

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Project 2025 text

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative PromiseThe Heritage Foundation · Project 2025 Text · p. 709

Current legal status

Treasury Announces the United States Immediate Withdrawal from the Green Climate FundU.S. Department of the Treasury · Current Status