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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julia Musto

Climate scientists fear Trump will destroy progress in his second term – and the outcome could be ‘grim’

Following the re-election of former President Donald Trump, the nation’s top climate scientists are voicing their concerns about his impending second term and how it could shape humanity’s future in a rapidly warming world.

“As I stated before the election, a second Trump term, which includes implementation of ‘Project 2025,’ is the end of climate action as we know it, this decade,” Dr. Michael E. Mann, the director of the Center for Science, Sustainability, & the Media at the University of Pennsylvania, told The Independent in an emailed statement on Tuesday.

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