The United States stops its database on major climatic disasters-Liberation
It is a new decline for the environment. The administration of Donald Trump will cease to supply the reference database identifying costly climatic disasters, a new consequence of important financing reductions From the American Oceanic and Atmospheric Observation Agency (NOAA), according to an announcement made Thursday, May 8.
This database has existed for decades, it was implemented in 1980 and was supplied up to 2024. It allows researchers, the media and the public to count events such as forest firestornadoes or hurricanes that cause billions of dollars of damage.
« Due to the evolution of priorities, statutory mandates and personnel changes, the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) of the NOAA will no longer update the database on climatic disasters causing more than a billion dollars of damage »explains a banner on the home page. However, previous years will remain archived.
Between 1980 and 2024, the United States underwent 403 disasters causing for each more than a billion dollars of damage. Their cumulative cost exceeds $ 2,900 billion (2,556 billion euros). A graph shows a significant increase in the number of disasters in recent years, mainly due to global warming.
« Hide billions of dollars in costs is Trump’s latest initiative to leave the Americans in ignorance about climatic disasters »regretted Maya Golden-Krasner, from the center for biological diversity. « Trump’s climate program leaves people in insecurity and without preparation while oil companies pocket record profits »continues the specialist. « Insocked leaders must continue to identify the costs of climatic disasters and keep pollutors responsible for damage. »
Donald Trump, openly climatosceptic, has removed the United States from the Paris climate agreement – the most ambitious objective of which aims to limit global warming to 1.5 ° C – on the first day of his second term. His administration seems to follow the precepts of « Project 2025 » written by a far -right reflection group which accuses the Noaa of being « Alarmist on the climate ».
The NOAA, Window of the weather and the climate in the United States and in the world, recently had to separate from around 20 % of its workforce and the White House wants to make massive cuts in its operating budget.
