This database allows researchers, the media and the public to count events such as forest fires, tornadoes or hurricanes.
Donald Trump’s administration announced on Thursday that it would stop feeding the reference database, over forty years old, listing the costly climatic disasters. This is a new consequence of the important financing reductions of the American ocean and atmospheric observation agency (NOAA).
This database, which has existed for decades, was implemented in 1980 and was supplied up to 2024. It allows researchers, the media and the public to count events such as forest fires, tornadoes or hurricanes which cause more than a billion 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”indicates a banner on the home page. However, previous years will remain archived.
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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 (2556 billion euros). “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 climatic program leaves people in insecurity and unpreparedness while oil companies pocket record profits”continues Ms. Golden-Krasner. “Insocked leaders must continue to identify the costs of climatic disasters and keep pollutors responsible for damage.”
Donald Trump, openly climatosceptic, withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement 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 recently had to separate from around 20% of its workforce and the White House wants to make massive cuts in its operating budget.
