WASHINGTON, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said U.S. President Donald Trump has misused its climate research to justify his decision of withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change.

"Even if the Paris Agreement were implemented in full, with total compliance from all nations, it is estimated it would only produce a two-tenths of one degree -- think of that, this much -- Celsius reduction in global temperature by the year 2100," Trump said Thursday during his announcement Thursday. "Tiny, tiny amount."

According to an MIT statement released Thursday on its website, Trump was referring to an analysis from the university's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, but his interpretation was "misleading."

"The 0.2 degree-figure used in the talking point reflects the incremental impact of the Paris Agreement compared with the earlier Copenhagen agreement," the statement said.

"If you instead compare the impact of the Paris Agreement to no climate policy, then the temperature reduction is much larger, on the order of one degree Celsius ... by 2100," it continued. "This would be a significant reduction in the global temperature rise, though much more is needed if the world is to achieve its goal of limiting warming to two degrees Celsius or less."

In addition, the MIT said that its analysis accounts only for countries' pledges under the Paris Agreement, assuming no further strengthening of the commitments in years after 2030.

"The Paris Agreement is a milestone of the ongoing UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is committed to ongoing annual meetings to regularly revisit and ratchet up nations' climate goals, making them more ambitious over time," it said.

"The relevant MIT researchers believe that the Paris Agreement is an unprecedented and vital effort by nearly 200 countries to respond to the urgent threat of global climate change."

By leaving the Paris Agreement, Trump fulfilled his campaign promise, but has aroused criticism both at home and abroad.