Paris, France, May 19, 2026 (AFP) - Lost in Trump's climate boast: best-case scenario abandoned

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2026-05-19

As US President Donald Trump gloated over climate experts downgrading their worst-case emissions scenario, a key point was overshadowed: the most optimistic outcome has also been abandoned. An international committee of climate experts published a paper last month that will overhaul the scenarios that have been used by researchers and included in the UN's major climate reports for years. The little-publicised paper gained renewed attention when T......

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