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Abstract: As part of a series of short articles in the American Journal of International Law on the effects of the Trump administration on international law, this article describes its effect on international environmental law. Thus far, the administration has focused primarily on rolling back—and potentially ending—U.S. participation in the UN climate change regime. But it has also slashed U.S. support for international environmental conservation programs, terminated environmental justice initiatives, and placed in doubt U.S. engagement in international environmental issues more generally. Although the disengagement of the Trump administration from international environmental cooperation may be reversed by later administrations, its long-term consequences for environmental health and human well-being will not be as easily reversed or remedied.
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