Trump Administration Halts US Participation in IPCC, Raising Global Climate Concerns

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- The Trump administration ordered US scientists to cease work on the upcoming IPCC report.
- This decision raises concerns about US scientists' future participation in the IPCC.
- A scheduled international meeting of IPCC authors in China has been put on hold.
- Climate advocate Harjeet Singh criticized the decision, stating, “The decision to exclude US scientists significantly undermines this collaborative effort...”
- President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement on his first day in office.
- The EU and climate-vulnerable nations are concerned about delays to the next global climate assessment.
- The Least Developed Countries group condemned any delays, asserting, “People in the developing world have nothing to gain from restricting access to freely available IPCC science.”
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