Trump celebrates as UN climate committee abandons extreme global warming plan

Trump Criticizes Democratic Climate Policies Amid Shift in UN Projections

President Donald Trump has taken to social media to criticize what he describes as the failure of Democratic climate policies, following a significant shift in global climate projections by the United Nations. In a recent post on Truth Social, Trump expressed strong disapproval of the United Nations' top climate committee for admitting that one of its most extreme warming scenarios was incorrect.

"GOOD RIDDANCE! After 15 years of Dumocrats promising that 'Climate Change' is going to destroy the Planet, the United Nations TOP Climate Committee just admitted that its own projections (RCP8.5) were WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!" Trump wrote, emphasizing his belief that the previous projections were not accurate.

Trump accused Democrats of using climate fears to justify energy policies and government spending. He claimed that climate activism has been used to scare Americans, push harmful energy policies, and fund billions into what he calls "bogus research programs."

"Unlike the Dumocrats, who use Climate Alarmism nonsense to push their GREEN NEW SCAM, my Administration will always be based on TRUTH, SCIENCE, and FACT!" he continued, highlighting his administration's commitment to factual and scientific approaches.

The Shift in Climate Projections

The comments came after climate scientists began moving away from the most extreme emissions scenario developed under the United Nations-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This scenario, known as RCP8.5 and later SSP5-8.5, projected severe global warming outcomes under extremely high emissions assumptions. It included significant global temperature increases, sea level rises, global crop failures, and even potential extinction events on the scale of the dinosaurs.

According to GB News, the scenario is being phased out after researchers concluded it no longer reflects the most plausible trajectory based on renewable energy growth, emissions trends, and climate policies. Researchers writing in the journal Geoscientific Model Development said future climate scenarios should continue to cover a wide range of outcomes, from severe warming to lower-emissions futures.

"For the 21st century, this range will be smaller than assessed before: on the high-end of the range, the high emission levels (quantified by SSP5-8.5) have become implausible, based on trends in the costs of renewables, the emergence of climate policy and recent emission trends."

Trump’s Previous Remarks on Climate Change

Trump’s recent comments follow remarks he made last September at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, where he called climate change a "con job." "It's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion," Trump said at the time. "All of these predictions made by the United Nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong."

"They were made by stupid people that have cost their country's fortunes and given those same countries no chance for success," he continued, expressing his belief that the predictions were inaccurate and misleading.

Reactions from Democrats and Officials

Trump’s comments drew criticism from Democrats, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who called the remarks "total disinformation." "You know yesterday at the U.N., President Trump said, ‘Climate change is a hoax,’ because it’s just total disinformation," Clinton said during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. "It’s a statement that is just not true, and yet being propagated."

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin later defended Trump’s climate remarks in an interview with Fox News. "The president is absolutely right and we've seen it in the name of climate change, these left wing policies willing to cause extreme economic pain for people who can at least afford it," he said.