Leading scientists have asked the prime minister to urge president-elect Donald Trump to acknowledge the risks of climate change and declare his support for international efforts to combat global warming. Trump has called global warming a hoax and may scrap Nasa’s invaluable climate research program. In rejecting the scientific evidence around climate change, Trump is disregarding the findings and advice from expert bodies around the world, including the US National Academy of Sciences and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the letter states. A government spokesperson said the UK’s commitment to tackling climate change was “as strong as ever and we are clear that there will be no attempts to go back on what was agreed during negotiations in Paris and Marrakesh.” Theresa May closed the government’s dedicated climate change department last year. We’ve had great experience working together on all kinds of energy and climate change issues and look forward to this collaboration continuing,” the spokesperson added.

Source: The Guardian January 16, 2017 00:01 UTC