Even as the issue gets more imperative, the science more complicated, and the implications more apparent, climate coverage has dropped around the world last year, according to a study by the Daily Climate.
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Nick Molho, head of climate and energy policy at WWF-UK, said: "If it is the case that Ben Moxham left after becoming frustrated that climate change has dropped down the Government's agenda, then that is very worrying.
The reality is that even as the world experiences increasing numbers of weather-related disasters and extreme events, climate change has dropped off the rich countries' political and media agendas, and public concern is said to be waning – to the cheers of the sceptics and industry.
Participants noted that the public's regard for climate scientists has dropped in recent months following a release of e-mails between prominent researchers and the discovery of a handful of errors in the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Climate change has dropped in importance for most Americans, so it's easy for Congress to ignore the problem.
The Trump administration has dropped climate change from a list of global threats in a new national security strategy the president unveiled on Monday.
The number of full-time officials dedicated to climate change in the Foreign Office has dropped by almost 25% in the two years since Boris Johnson became foreign secretary, according to data released under freedom of information (FoI) rules.
