{"id":12539,"date":"2018-10-15T08:31:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T08:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=12539"},"modified":"2018-10-15T08:31:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T08:31:43","slug":"trump-climate-change-scientists-have-political-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12539","title":{"rendered":"Trump: Climate change scientists have \u2018political agenda\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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US President Donald Trump has accused climate change scientists of having a \u201cpolitical agenda\u201d as he cast doubt on whether humans were responsible for the earth\u2019s rising temperatures.<\/p>\n

But Mr Trump also said he no longer believed climate change was a hoax.<\/p>\n

The comments, made during an interview with CBS\u2019s 60 Minutes, come less than a week after climate scientists issued a final call to halt rising temperatures.<\/p>\n

The world\u2019s leading scientists agree that climate change is human-induced.<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) \u2013 the leading international body evaluating climate change \u2013 warned the world was heading towards a temperature rise of 3C.<\/p>\n

Scientists say that natural fluctuations in temperature are being exacerbated by human activity \u2013 which has caused approximately 1C of global warming above pre-industrial levels.
\nThe report said keeping to the preferred target of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels will mean \u201crapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society\u201d.<\/p>\n

Climate change was just one issue touched on during the wide-ranging interview, during which Mr Trump also:<\/p>\n

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  1. Claimed \u201cthe day before\u201d he took office the US was on the verge of \u201cgoing to war with North Korea\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Said Russian President Vladimir Putin was \u201cprobably\u201d involved in assassinations, adding \u201cbut I rely on them, it\u2019s not in our country\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. Said Russia had meddled in the 2016 elections, but \u201cI think China meddled also\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. Refused to say whether he would reinstate the migrant child separation policy, but added \u201cthere have to be consequences\u201d for entering the US illegally<\/li>\n
  5. Said he believed he had treated Christine Blasey Ford with \u201crespect\u201d after mocking her testimony in front of thousands at a rally, and that \u201chad I not made that speech, we would not have won\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What did Mr Trump say about climate change?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    During Sunday\u2019s interview, Mr Trump cast doubt on making any changes, saying the scientists \u201chave a very big political agenda\u201d.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a hoax, I think there\u2019s probably a difference,\u201d he told journalist Lesley Stahl.<\/p>\n

    \u201cBut I don\u2019t know that it\u2019s manmade. I will say this. I don\u2019t want to give trillions and trillions of dollars. I don\u2019t want to lose millions and millions of jobs. I don\u2019t want to be put at a disadvantage.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Mr Trump added that temperatures \u201ccould very well go back\u201d \u2013 although he did not say how.<\/p>\n

    What do scientists say?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The report released last week by the IPCC says climate change can only be stopped if the world makes major, and costly, changes.<\/p>\n

    That means reducing global emissions of CO2 by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, and reducing coal use to almost zero and using up to seven million sq km for land energy crops.
    \nIf the world fails to act, the researchers warn, there will be some significant and dangerous changes to our world, including rising sea levels, significant impacts on ocean temperatures and acidity, and the ability to grow crops such as rice, maize and wheat.<\/p>\n

    What has Mr Trump previously said?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Mr Trump had said that climate change was a hoax during his election campaign in 2016, but he has generally avoided taking a clear stance on the issue since taking office.<\/p>\n

    However, he announced the US would withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement, which commits another 187 other countries to keeping rising global temperatures \u201cwell below\u201d 2C above pre-industrial levels and \u201cendeavour to limit\u201d them even more, to 1.5C.<\/p>\n

    At the time, Mr Trump said he wanted to negotiate a new \u201cfair\u201d deal that would not disadvantage US businesses and workers.<\/p>\n

    It sparked speculation that the former reality television star still believed climate change was invented.<\/p>\n

    However, Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, later said Mr Trump \u201cbelieves the climate is changing and he believes pollutants are part of the equation\u201d.<\/p>\n

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    Source:\u00a0BBC\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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