What Trump's Climate Pullback Means for the UN's Big Report

11 Apr 2026 | Abstracted from Bloomberg

The US withdrawal from the IPCC under President Trump created a major budget gap and reduced scientific support, forcing other nations - especially Europe and China - to expand their roles. The loss of US programs and datasets like EM‑DAT threatens global climate research. Meanwhile, clean‑tech firms face grant cancellations, Chinese EV exports surge, and US wildfires intensify.

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