"The Trump administration’s actions in recent days have cast unprecedented uncertainty upon the climate panel’s work."
"The Trump administration has blocked work that is central to major international climate change research, and barred federal scientists and diplomats from attending a key global climate event in China this week, according to three officials close to the situation who spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Katherine Calvin, NASA’s chief scientist and senior climate adviser, has been barred from traveling to China to meet with colleagues on work related to the next major report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a U.N. body that makes regular assessments about the state of the warming world. The next report is expected in 2029, and Calvin is leading one of three major IPCC working groups.
NASA also terminated its contract with a U.S.-based group of scientists and staff who were working closely with Calvin to coordinate global efforts to craft the next assessment, essentially leaving one-third of the IPCC’s next report adrift, with no staff assigned to pull it together."
Scott Dance reports for the Washington Post February 23, 2025.
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