Four pieces of good news were reported last week after Trump announced that America was withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement.
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy arm stepped in to say it will provide funding to help cover the U.S. contribution to the U.N. climate body's budget, filling a gap left by Trump, Reuters reported.
The Nature Conservancy also independently pledged to continue honoring the Paris Agreement goals and help the rest of the U.S. “do its part,” too.
A bipartisan coalition of 24 U.S. governors pledged to continue the country’s work toward achieving Paris Agreement goals. Representing nearly 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the nation’s population, the Climate Alliance members pledged to reduce collective greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, a target it is on track to achieve.
84 percent of the Inflation Reduction Act funds earmarked for clean energy projects will not be able to be rescinded by the Trump administration, says Reuters.
To this was added a new report that showed public trust in scientists is still high despite the rising popularity of anti-science politicians. A survey of almost 72,000 people in 68 countries, found no evidence of the oft-repeated claim of a crisis of trust in scientists. In fact, most participants (52 percent) believed that scientists should be more involved in policymaking. Across 68 countries, the study recorded a relatively high level of trust in scientists, with a mean trust level of 3.62 (1 being very low and 5 being very high).