The Donald Trump administration directed a halt to the assessment of economic impacts from climate change during policy development.
The New York Times (NYT) reported that on the 10th (local time), the White House ordered federal agencies not to consider economic damages from climate change, except where legally required.
뉴욕타임스(NYT)는 10일(현지 시각) 백악관이 연방 기관에 법적으로 필요한 경우를 제외하고 기후 변화로 인한 경제적 피해를 고려하지 말라고 명령했다고 보도했다.
The federal government has considered the impacts of climate change when evaluating the expenses and benefits of policies or regulations. The previous Biden administration established a metric known as 'social cost of carbon' and strengthened the greenhouse gas emission standards for cars, power plants, factories, and refineries.
However, with the arrival of the Trump administration, the assessment of economic impacts from climate change was halted.
Jeffrey Clark, the director of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, stated on the 5th, 'Maintaining a uniform estimate of the economic impacts of greenhouse gas emissions is not federal policy,' and noted, 'The extent and existence of climate change expected to arise from human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are highly uncertain.'
Since his candidacy, President Trump has maintained a stance on withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement and easing regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Following his election, he signed an executive order to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. Recently, he also dismissed about 400 researchers involved in drafting government-level climate change reports.