Science diplomacy’s global footprint shrinks as U.S. exits dozens of institutions

The White House withdrawal list reaches beyond climate and into the technical institutions that set baselines, standards, and assessment cycles for global governance.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, whose secretariat is hosted by the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, is one of the key climate organizations in which the U.S. will no longer participate. (The Science Diplomat)

WASHINGTON — The decision by the U.S. to leave 66 international organizations and agreements will have a major, though u…