Sue Biniaz
Former U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change and senior treaty lawyer; long-time architect of U.S. climate diplomacy who advised on treaty text and legal pathways for withdrawal and re-entry.
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Jan 15, 2026 • 38min
What does Trump’s UNFCCC exit mean for climate diplomacy?
Sue Biniaz, former U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change, shares her expert perspective on the U.S. withdrawal from key climate treaties. She discusses the legal nuances of presidential withdrawal and the pathways for future re-entry. The conversation explores the potential for U.S. absence to spur progress in international negotiations and examines the impact on global leadership dynamics. Biniaz also highlights the significance of U.S. involvement as a non-party and the future of collective climate action in a fragmented world.
Oct 31, 2021 • 1h 28min
Lawfare Archive: Sue Biniaz on the Trump Administration and International Climate Policy
From March 27, 2019: From 1989 to early 2017, Sue Biniaz was the lead climate lawyer and a climate negotiator at the State Department. She was also a key architect of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a UN-negotiated agreement designed to mitigate global warming, which went into effect in November 2016. In June 2017, President Trump announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the agreement.Sue sat down with Lawfare's Jack Goldsmith to talk about the early days of U.S. and international climate action, how the Paris Agreement came into force and the predecessor agreements that gave rise to it, how it was supposed to operate, and what impacts Trump's actions have had on international climate policy.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
