The President’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement is an affront to science, research, and the planet. Decades of incontrovertible research conducted by thousands of scientists from around the world supports an anthropogenic climate change model. The Paris Climate Agreement is an unprecedented global action of more than 190 countries to protect our common health and safety. This latest decision and the looming budget cuts to scientific research specifically related to climate change and human health has put scientific progress in extreme jeopardy.
Moreover, it has long been documented that minority and indigenous peoples are among the hardest hit by climate change and climate related disasters, therefore the United States withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement has far-reaching adverse effects on the communities SACNAS serves directly. Science is not grounded in any political ideology. Therefore, SACNAS urges its entire community to stand with science and the Paris Climate Agreement and oppose the decision to withdraw. It is vital that our voices—the voices of the most vulnerable communities and scientists—ARE RAISED.
You can take action in the following ways:
If you have scientific research or resources on climate change that you would like to share with the community, please email Jenny Kurzweil, SACNAS Director of Communications & Marketing at jenny@sacnas.org/