Climatewire | A violent retreat against global climate action threatens to delay a pivotal report that can be used to complement their responses to meet their responses.
Representatives of more than 190 countries include Hangzhou, China, this week, the content of the seventh assessment report on science about climate change and decision-making decisions about time.
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The US delegation prevented the Trump Administration from attending IPCC meeting, which a government official said that he had given anonymity because they were not allowed to discuss the situation. Movement follows the announcement of President Donald Trump last month Retreat Paris Agreement immediately.
Among the representatives blocking the meeting attendees, Katherine Calvin is a federal scientist who helped to collect the next evaluation that was presidency. The Trump administration also stopped a technical support group, according to two other government officials.
Losing this unit would ensure delays at the work team level at the work team, said one of those officials.
The state department refused to comment on.
The IPCC meeting is another sign that Trump Administration is getting out of global climate commitment. US officials did not attend A meeting meeting in the Green Klima Fund last week, to support climate efforts in poorer countries. That has been associated with A Full attack on climate science at home, Shutting off climate programs US agencies for international development and extensive freeze of foreign support.
There were already concerns related to delays related to the seventh evaluation of delegates and IPCC, after discrepancies last year, in more than some elements of the report timeline. The main synthesis report is at the end of 2029, but only after completing the reports of the three working groups. The idea is some of those who would be published before the next warehouse in 2028.
“The Paris Agreement Process must inform the best science and latest news”, a group of countries known as the coalition of great ambition Requires in a statement Friday. Among the signatories, there are several nations of the United Kingdom, Germany, the European Union climate and several small islands.
Katherine Calvin, major NASA scientist and higher climate consultant answer the question of the latest global NASA temperature data, on Washington, August 14, 2023 at the NASA headquarters. IPCC meeting.
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A European official said IPCC delayed its seventh evaluation cycle because IPCC delayed its seventh evaluation cycle.
“Please politicians, we cannot continue to ignore the science,” Minister of the Spanish organic transition, Sara Aage in a statement.
The US support money and experience in the IPCC process. Calvin, the main nasaca scientist and the main climate consultant, is now based on the III working group co-chair, which is based on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing atmosphere.
A spokesman at NASA confirmed that Calvin will not attend the IPCC meeting.
Technical Support Units The work group are the “core machinery”, the long-standing IPCC collaborator, who spoke to a state of anonymity to avoid retribution. They frequently do the administrative, technical and editorial work required to provide reports.
“If the US support disappears, and it doesn’t only show co-chair, but it is equally supported by technical support – it is a hole that must be filled,” people said.
Despite the importance of these technical units, it does not mean to delay the evaluation, Jesse Keenan said, author of the Sixth Assessment Report of IPCC, which were released for several years. Recent synthesis report Published in 2023. ICF International Advisory Company is in the Technical Assistance Contract for the Seventh Assessment and another country could pay for the company to continue their work.
However, Keenan said the Trump Administration can create obstacles for US scientists involved in the IPCC. There is no clear whether the state department will remove candidates for IPCC. The administration could also break with tradition, cover travel costs for Ngovermental scientists to attend IPCC meetings.
During the first term of Trump, the US participated in international climate meetings but with a smaller profile. He fits some experts.
“They didn’t have much charge. They are good diplomats. They were assistants and builders,” the IPCC helpers.
Several defenders may be beneficial if they skip the IPCC meeting this week, especially if the US takes on a hard line against synchronizing the evaluation time with global stock. Report card on countries climate change to slow down.
The meeting also indicates how other countries can try and fill the gap created by America’s departure and how it can be tried.
This is “to see how the US can react to the US absence in international climate processes,” Li Shuok said, Director of China Hub at the Institute of Social Policies in Asia.
Some scientists said long-term implications are more problem. Keenan said Trump’s effort to reduce the federal government. It has led to a rumor of staff who work on climate and energy programs.
“But really, the fantasy nihilist is to repeal the government,” he said.
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