--- title: Paris Climate Deal: White House Postpones Talks to Revisit description: A scheduled meeting of President Trump's top advisors on the future of the U.S. commitment to the Paris climate accord has been postponed. canonical: https://time.com/4745010/paris-climate-accord-white-house/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-18T18:21:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:28:42.574Z article:section: Politics og:title: Paris Climate Deal: White House Postpones Talks to Revisit og:description: A scheduled meeting of President Trump's top advisors on the future of the U.S. commitment to the Paris climate accord has been postponed. og:url: https://time.com/4745010/paris-climate-accord-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte42b9011185236c5/6988c352fb4eac3f9a891925/donald-trump-fox-interview.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: President Trump Participates In Roundtable With Women Small Business Owners og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paris Climate Deal: White House Postpones Talks to Revisit twitter:description: A scheduled meeting of President Trump's top advisors on the future of the U.S. commitment to the Paris climate accord has been postponed. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte42b9011185236c5/6988c352fb4eac3f9a891925/donald-trump-fox-interview.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # White House Postpones Meeting on Paris Climate Accord > Sponsored content. 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Pool—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Apr 18, 2017 6:21 PM UTC A [scheduled meeting](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-climatechange-idUSKBN17J1DN) of President Trump’s top advisors on the future of the U.S. commitment to the Paris climate accord has been postponed, the White House announced Tuesday, amid reports of discord in the West Wing over whether to withdraw from the agreement. White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders announced Tuesday that the meeting had been postponed, blaming “scheduling conflicts for today,” saying aides hope to discuss the issue with the president in the next several weeks. On the campaign trail, Trump had [promised to “cancel” the deal](http://time.com/4723481/donald-trump-paris-agreement-withdraw/), but he has faced pressure from environmental and business groups—and the moderates in his own orbit. But Trump has been pushed to withdraw the U.S. from the agreement by the nationalist and conservative elements within his administration. The landmark agreement, which went into effect on Nov. 4, 2016, includes India and China as signatories, with the goal of emissions that contribute to global warming. The agreement has been hailed even by some U.S. energy firms, including Exxon Mobil, where Secretary of State [Rex Tillerson](http://time.com/donald-trump-drain-swamp/) previously served as CEO. Senior advisor Steve Bannon has been one of the biggest proponents of withdrawing the U.S. from the agreement, while Trump family members Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, and moderates like Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn have urged against such a move. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4745010/paris-climate-accord-white-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4745010/paris-climate-accord-white-house/"},"headline":"White House Postpones Meeting on Paris Climate Accord","datePublished":"2017-04-18T18:21:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:28:42.574Z","description":"A scheduled meeting of President Trump's top advisors on the future of the U.S. commitment to the Paris climate accord has been postponed.","url":"https://time.com/4745010/paris-climate-accord-white-house/","keywords":["White House","climate change","Donald Trump","Ivanka Trump","jared kushner","steve bannon"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte42b9011185236c5/6988c352fb4eac3f9a891925/donald-trump-fox-interview.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte42b9011185236c5/6988c352fb4eac3f9a891925/donald-trump-fox-interview.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Participates In Roundtable With Women Small Business Owners","caption":"President Trump Participates In Roundtable With Women Small Business Owners","creditText":"Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4745010/paris-climate-accord-white-house/","name":"White House Postpones Meeting on Paris Climate Accord"}}]}] ```