Pam McElwee
@pammcelwee.bsky.social
Prof of Human Ecology @Rutgers. Co-Chair, IPBES Nexus Assessment, Ecosystems chapter lead NCA5 & IPCC author. Kansas/Oxford/Yale Alum. She/her. Brunch-eater. Mom. Working at science-policy interface to find solutions to biodiversity + climate crises 🌎☀️🐢
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Pam McElwee
@pammcelwee.bsky.social
· Nov 5
In reading Bill Gates' recent #climate memo, I'm struck by how much he ignores huge body of research and action around integrated solutions - the whole reason we wrote the @ipbes.net Nexus Assessment on climate, biodiversity, water, food and health! So a few key facts & lessons from our report: 1/
We will be back and hopefully stronger supporters than ever 💪 In the meantime, our non-governmental organizations will keep the engagement going, and hopefully we can do for @ipbes.net what we are doing for US scientist engagement with IPCC ❤️ !
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Statement on US Withdrawal from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change by the US Academic Alliance for the IPCC
Yesterday’s announcement that the Trump Administration intends to withdraw the US from participation in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), along with a host of other global intergov...
cpree.princeton.edu
January 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
We will be back and hopefully stronger supporters than ever 💪 In the meantime, our non-governmental organizations will keep the engagement going, and hopefully we can do for @ipbes.net what we are doing for US scientist engagement with IPCC ❤️ !
cpree.princeton.edu/news/2026/st...
cpree.princeton.edu/news/2026/st...
Reposted by Pam McElwee
Wait, what if Al Gore were to offer Trump his Nobel Peace Prize in exchange for permanently recommitting the US to the Paris Agreement, the UNFCCC, and the IPCC?
After Machado Offers Her Nobel, Trump Says It Would Be an ‘Honor’ to Accept It
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Wait, what if Al Gore were to offer Trump his Nobel Peace Prize in exchange for permanently recommitting the US to the Paris Agreement, the UNFCCC, and the IPCC?
Good piece highlighting the work of the USAA-IPCC in supporting US climate scientists working on AR7 (more than 70 total scientists- we are still in!) @bobkopp.net
Today's story with @saraschonhardt.bsky.social on the implications of Trump's stated intent to withdraw from the IPCC (which has been the de facto situation for most of the past year) and how some organizations are stepping up to fill in the gaps. www.eenews.net/articles/the...
The IPCC said humans cause climate change. Is that why Trump quit it?
Withdrawing from the world’s premier climate science organization supports the president’s views about global warming.
www.eenews.net
January 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Good piece highlighting the work of the USAA-IPCC in supporting US climate scientists working on AR7 (more than 70 total scientists- we are still in!) @bobkopp.net
OMG that’s brilliant
January 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
OMG that’s brilliant
@agu.org and the USAA-IPCC have also raised funds to support travel for US scientists and technical experts selected by IPCC to attend author meetings and workshops. The USAA-IPCC looks forward to continuing our support of US climate experts, climate science research, and the IPCC.
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
@agu.org and the USAA-IPCC have also raised funds to support travel for US scientists and technical experts selected by IPCC to attend author meetings and workshops. The USAA-IPCC looks forward to continuing our support of US climate experts, climate science research, and the IPCC.
As a result, the USAA-IPCC has assumed a key leadership role in nominating US scientists for consideration as authors for IPCC reports, including AR7 and the methodology report on CDR, as well as for roles on the IPCC Task Group on Data Support and for participation in several expert workshops
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
As a result, the USAA-IPCC has assumed a key leadership role in nominating US scientists for consideration as authors for IPCC reports, including AR7 and the methodology report on CDR, as well as for roles on the IPCC Task Group on Data Support and for participation in several expert workshops
The Trump Administration began disengaging from IPCC prior to yesterday’s announcement. Since Feb of 2025, the US State Department has not nominated experts for involvement in IPCC work, nor supported travel to IPCC meetings for selected authors, a role they have played in all prior administrations
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Trump Administration began disengaging from IPCC prior to yesterday’s announcement. Since Feb of 2025, the US State Department has not nominated experts for involvement in IPCC work, nor supported travel to IPCC meetings for selected authors, a role they have played in all prior administrations
With the support of the USAA-IPCC, more than 70 US citizens and US-based experts who are currently serving the IPCC as coordinating lead authors, lead authors, review editors and committee members will continue to play these roles.
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
With the support of the USAA-IPCC, more than 70 US citizens and US-based experts who are currently serving the IPCC as coordinating lead authors, lead authors, review editors and committee members will continue to play these roles.
The US Academic Alliance for the IPCC (USAA-IPCC) was formed in March 2025 in part to prepare for this possibility and to ensure that US scientists remain able to engage in IPCC work regardless of the status and role of the US government.
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The US Academic Alliance for the IPCC (USAA-IPCC) was formed in March 2025 in part to prepare for this possibility and to ensure that US scientists remain able to engage in IPCC work regardless of the status and role of the US government.
Statement on US Withdrawal from the IPCC by the US Academic Alliance for the IPCC:
Yesterday’s announcement that the Trump Administration intends to withdraw the US from participation in the IPCC, along with a host of other global intergovernmental organizations, is disappointing but not surprising
Yesterday’s announcement that the Trump Administration intends to withdraw the US from participation in the IPCC, along with a host of other global intergovernmental organizations, is disappointing but not surprising
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Statement on US Withdrawal from the IPCC by the US Academic Alliance for the IPCC:
Yesterday’s announcement that the Trump Administration intends to withdraw the US from participation in the IPCC, along with a host of other global intergovernmental organizations, is disappointing but not surprising
Yesterday’s announcement that the Trump Administration intends to withdraw the US from participation in the IPCC, along with a host of other global intergovernmental organizations, is disappointing but not surprising
It does not affect us. We are moving forward regardless.
January 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM
It does not affect us. We are moving forward regardless.
Reposted by Pam McElwee
IPCC | \ ˌī-(ˌ)pē-(ˌ)sē-ˈsē \ | verb: 1: to assess and synthesize vast amounts of scientific literature on a complex topic 2: to be a pain in the Trump administration's side just by stating the truth about topics they don't like, through honest assessments and international collaborations.
January 8, 2026 at 4:41 PM
IPCC | \ ˌī-(ˌ)pē-(ˌ)sē-ˈsē \ | verb: 1: to assess and synthesize vast amounts of scientific literature on a complex topic 2: to be a pain in the Trump administration's side just by stating the truth about topics they don't like, through honest assessments and international collaborations.
Yes clearly we should do nothing and continue to burn fossil fuels since those are just dandy for forests. Please take your climate action obstruction elsewhere.
January 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Yes clearly we should do nothing and continue to burn fossil fuels since those are just dandy for forests. Please take your climate action obstruction elsewhere.
It is a blow but US climate scientists will stay engaged. We have to.
Extraordinary that the US is pulling out of the IPCC and UNFCCC
There's no getting around it, this is a blow to international climate science and climate diplomacy
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
There's no getting around it, this is a blow to international climate science and climate diplomacy
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
It is a blow but US climate scientists will stay engaged. We have to.
Ha, it's a verb now!
January 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Ha, it's a verb now!
Reposted by Pam McElwee
"Donald Trump may talk tough, but time and again he proves incapable of leading. Withdrawing from the UNFCCC is an abandonment of America’s opportunity to drive the global economy into the future, ceding jobs and economic growth to China and other countries." @sierraclub.org 1/
Trump Cowers From Global Leadership
Washington, DC – Tonight, Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Loren Blackford re...
www.sierraclub.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"Donald Trump may talk tough, but time and again he proves incapable of leading. Withdrawing from the UNFCCC is an abandonment of America’s opportunity to drive the global economy into the future, ceding jobs and economic growth to China and other countries." @sierraclub.org 1/
The federal govt may be burning global cooperation on climate science to the ground, but we can and are pushing back where we can. We have more than 70 US scientists currently on IPCC reports, with more to be selected this month for CDR methods report. The USAA-IPCC coalition is up for this fight.
The US has some of the world’s best climate scientists (and more of them than anywhere else) & has contributed disproportionately to understanding the climate system. It’s idiotic for the US to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change & the IPCC but it’s on brand for this regime.
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The federal govt may be burning global cooperation on climate science to the ground, but we can and are pushing back where we can. We have more than 70 US scientists currently on IPCC reports, with more to be selected this month for CDR methods report. The USAA-IPCC coalition is up for this fight.
I just don't know. How can any country trust us again, knowing that every 4 years we decide science isn't real and give a big 🖕 to the rest of the world?
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 AM
I just don't know. How can any country trust us again, knowing that every 4 years we decide science isn't real and give a big 🖕 to the rest of the world?
Instead, we have a reactionary federal government that is turning its back on global cooperation mechanisms, devaluing scientific research & exchange, and establishing the precedent that the US is never again going to be a trustworthy partner on global environmental issues. It's fucking infuriating
January 8, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Instead, we have a reactionary federal government that is turning its back on global cooperation mechanisms, devaluing scientific research & exchange, and establishing the precedent that the US is never again going to be a trustworthy partner on global environmental issues. It's fucking infuriating
If the US hadn't worked with other govts on Montreal Protocol to fight ozone loss, we would be facing billions more in healthcare costs from skin cancers. Instead, US companies innovated new technologies and reaped new markets to replace CFCs. We could be doing the same on clean energy for climate
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 AM
If the US hadn't worked with other govts on Montreal Protocol to fight ozone loss, we would be facing billions more in healthcare costs from skin cancers. Instead, US companies innovated new technologies and reaped new markets to replace CFCs. We could be doing the same on clean energy for climate
The idea that these orgs, many providing impartial science advice to govts, are 'contrary to US interests' couldn't be more wrong: working globally to identify solutions to collective public goods problems is crucial to US prosperity. Pollution, #climatechange, & biodiversity loss know no borders!
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 AM
The idea that these orgs, many providing impartial science advice to govts, are 'contrary to US interests' couldn't be more wrong: working globally to identify solutions to collective public goods problems is crucial to US prosperity. Pollution, #climatechange, & biodiversity loss know no borders!
It's late & it's been a horrific day, but the Trump admin has pulled the US out of all the international environmental institutions I have been deeply involved in: IPCC, IPBES, IUCN and many others (UN Water, UN Oceans, UNREDD, ITTO, etc). And of course UNFCCC too www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
It's late & it's been a horrific day, but the Trump admin has pulled the US out of all the international environmental institutions I have been deeply involved in: IPCC, IPBES, IUCN and many others (UN Water, UN Oceans, UNREDD, ITTO, etc). And of course UNFCCC too www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Extremely worrying news out of India. Targeting #climate activists with trumped up charges is something #Vietnam has done the past few years. All driven by fears of declining revenue by the fossil fuel industry which has captured the state
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/07/i...
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/07/i...
Indian police raid homes and offices of climate activists
The Indian government has accused Harjeet Singh of promoting the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative which it says could compromise energy security, and hinted at a further crackdown The I...
www.climatechangenews.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Extremely worrying news out of India. Targeting #climate activists with trumped up charges is something #Vietnam has done the past few years. All driven by fears of declining revenue by the fossil fuel industry which has captured the state
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/07/i...
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/07/i...
I would say 2026 couldn't possibly be worse, but that's definitely not true. There is no bottom to the dumb and destructive stuff that's happening in the US right now.
December 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I would say 2026 couldn't possibly be worse, but that's definitely not true. There is no bottom to the dumb and destructive stuff that's happening in the US right now.
See ya, sucky 2025 💩:
- 2 research grants terminated
- cut from my advisory board role at EPA
- much time responding to Administration's attempts to gut climate science (dropping IPCC and NCA6, DOE and EPA trying to deregulate GHGs)
- countries blocking welcome of global assessment report I co-led
- 2 research grants terminated
- cut from my advisory board role at EPA
- much time responding to Administration's attempts to gut climate science (dropping IPCC and NCA6, DOE and EPA trying to deregulate GHGs)
- countries blocking welcome of global assessment report I co-led
a dumpster is on fire in a flooded area with the words everything 's fine below it .
ALT: a dumpster is on fire in a flooded area with the words everything 's fine below it .
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December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
See ya, sucky 2025 💩:
- 2 research grants terminated
- cut from my advisory board role at EPA
- much time responding to Administration's attempts to gut climate science (dropping IPCC and NCA6, DOE and EPA trying to deregulate GHGs)
- countries blocking welcome of global assessment report I co-led
- 2 research grants terminated
- cut from my advisory board role at EPA
- much time responding to Administration's attempts to gut climate science (dropping IPCC and NCA6, DOE and EPA trying to deregulate GHGs)
- countries blocking welcome of global assessment report I co-led