President Donald Trump reacts to a shift in United Nations climate modeling, after a UN climate committee moves away from one of the most extreme global warming scenarios previously used in its assessments. Multiple outlets report that the change involves scientists adjusting the scenarios that represent how much global temperatures could rise under high-emissions pathways.
According to the articles, Trump uses the update to criticize Democratic climate policies, framing the modeling adjustment as evidence against the urgency or direction of the administration’s political opponents. The reports state that the scenario in question was among the most extreme values considered in UN-backed work.
While the outlets emphasize Trump’s response and his criticism of domestic policy, the underlying development described is that the UN climate committee updates its set of scenarios used to evaluate potential climate outcomes. The reporting does not indicate that the committee abandons the broader scientific assessment of climate risk; rather, it specifies that the committee moves away from a particular extreme scenario used previously.
