Politics has 'weaponised' science: UN climate chief; Trump's retreat shines light on green leaders

Paris (AFP) Jan 21, 2025

The UN's climate chief on Tuesday said that the science of global warming had been "weaponised" by politics, a day after Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement. Simon Stiell said that shifting geopolitical events could not change the hard facts that underpin climate change and the disastrous consequences linked to a warming planet. Last year was the hottest on r