BS EDIT: US retreats from global leadership

By Business StandardPublished On Jan 24, 2025

Paris agreement withdrawal

US exits global climate pact

Cuts climate finance for developing nations

Focus shifts to fossil fuels

Global climate fallout

Weakens emission reduction goals

Diminishes trust in climate action

Developing nations face funding shortages

WHO withdrawal impact

US halts funding for global health programmes

Vaccine and disease research at risk

Threatens health aid to poor nations

Health risks to the US

Loss of access to global disease data

Weakens pandemic preparedness

China’s role in global health rises

Moral and geopolitical costs

US cedes leadership to authoritarian regimes

Undermines multilateral cooperation

A global leadership vacuum

Climate and health need collective action

US retreat raises risks for global governance