AAAS ‘highly concerned’ by Trump’s disregard for science advice

The head of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest scientific society, says the organisation remains ‘highly concerned about the disregard for scientific advisory groups in the US federal government’. This was prompted by President Trump’s decision not to renew the charter for the Sustained National Climate Assessment advisory committee. That committee informs policymakers and various stakeholders about current and projected global climate change trends and analyses their effects. The AAAS statement comes in the wake of Trump’s decision earlier this month to disband the American Manufacturing Council and the Strategy and Policy Forum amid mass resignations.