Trump tells federal scientists to end climate report work, report says
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration told U.S. government scientists working on a global climate report to stop their work, one of the scientists involved told CNN.
The U.S. had been “highly involved” in planning for the next installment of the report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, according to CNN. It’s not clear what the withdrawal will mean for the project.
Kate Calvin, NASA’s chief scientist and senior climate adviser, was due to co-chair an international meeting of IPCC authors in China next week, but will no longer take part as a result of the stop-work order, CNN said, citing a NASA spokesperson.
The order represents the latest effort by President Donald Trump to withdraw the U.S. from global climate action and research. He decided to exit the Paris Agreement and the U.S. International Climate Finance Plan shortly after taking office in January. This month, officials at the Department of Homeland Security received an instruction to immediately stop work connected to climate change.
CNN reached out to the White House and the IPCC for comment.
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