India, Feb. 10 -- The global climate change regime has taken several blows from the United States under President Donald Trump's leadership. What initially appeared as familiar climate scepticism has now translated into a systematic retreat from climate governance institutions, financial mechanisms, and scientific infrastructure. Taken together, these actions raise serious concerns about the future resilience of the global climate regime.

The first set of blows came in the form of institutional withdrawals. The United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement, followed by its exit from the UN Framework Convention on

Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the InterGovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). These withdrawals were not isolated incid...