The U.S. is skipping a meeting for the next IPCC report, a sweeping science assessment on the current state of climate change, raising concerns about delays

The U.S. is skipping the global meeting, raising concerns about delaying a sweeping science assessment on the current state of climate change.

The Trump administration has halted the participation of U.S. scientists in key U.N. climate change assessments, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters, part of its broader withdrawal from climate change mitigation efforts and multilateral cooperation.

IPCC, the main UN body for assessing the science related to climate change represented by hundreds of scientists globally, did not comment on US’s withdrawal

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