"On 7 January, US President Donald Trump announced that he is withdrawing the country from more than 60 international organizations, including 32 United Nations agencies. Researchers and representatives of some of the affected scientific institutions have told Nature they are confident that this announcement won't severely affect their work. The United States is leaving the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which advises countries on the latest climate science."
"In a statement, the chair of the IPCC, climate scientist Jim Skea, said that the international body is a "unique interface between science and policy", providing "rigorous and balanced scientific, evidence-based actionable information to the world's decision-makers". The statement adds that the IPCC will continue to "make decisions by consensus among its member governments at its regular plenary sessions". The United States is also leaving the International Renewable Energy Agency, based in Abu Dhabi, member governments of which met last week for their annual assembly."
"Furthermore, it is exiting the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, which oversees data collection on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - the international plan to end poverty, reduce inequality and achieve environmental sustainability by 2030. Nature understands that there will be no change to the UN's SDG work because data are compiled from public sources."
On 7 January the United States announced withdrawal from more than 60 international organizations, including 32 United Nations agencies. The withdrawal specifically includes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the International Renewable Energy Agency. The IPCC is described as a "unique interface between science and policy" that provides rigorous, evidence-based actionable information and will continue to make decisions by consensus at regular plenary sessions. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs oversees SDG data collection, and there will be no change to SDG data because they are compiled from public sources. Researchers and institutional representatives express confidence that their work will not be severely affected.
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