(CNBC) - President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will start the process of taking the United States out of the Paris climate accord. It will take up to four years to break off from the agreement, but once that happens, the United States will join Nicaragua and Syria as the only major countries not involved in the global initiative to combat climate change.

The United States is the second largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world after China. Stepping aside from the Paris Climate Change Agreement leaves countries in the European Union and China take the lead in protecting the planet.

Trump’s decision goes against world leaders and even some members of his own party. He reasons that leaving the agreement will save American jobs. But everyone and everything, jobs included, will be affected by climate change — including the alcohol industry. Severe and even moderate climate change is bad news for renowned wine regions like Burgundy, Napa Valley, and others. Extreme weather conditions affected grape harvest around the world in 2016, and things will only get worse if something isn’t done to mitigate some of the damage.