Global negotiations to combat climate change are underway after a crucial U.S. presidential election. America’s role in international negotiations, as well as its domestic politics, is expected to change significantly when President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Trump once again signaled this change in leadership on Saturday when he announced Chris Wright, a fossil fuel executive, as his choice to lead the U.S. Department of Energy. The contrast will also be on display Sunday as President Joe Biden touts his climate legacy during a visit to the Amazon rainforest. John Podesta, the Biden administration’s top climate adviser, called the election results “bitterly disappointing” during a speech Monday at the United Nations COP29 summit. He also insisted that climate action would continue at national and local levels as well as in the business world. “Facts remain facts. Science remains science. This fight is bigger than an election, than a political cycle, in a single country,” Podesta said. Trump’s re-election comes as the world is on track for another record-breaking year of heat, and scientists say climate change is contributing to more extreme weather. During his campaign, Trump often downplayed these consequences, claiming that “this is all a big hoax” and that “we don’t have a problem with global warming.” He also spoke out about rising sea levels at a recent rally, saying, “never mind (the expletive).” Trump is widely expected to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord, as he did during his first term. “As someone who cares deeply about the environment, which I do, I cannot in good conscience support a deal that punishes the United States,” Trump said in a 2017 speech. international treaty, nearly 200 countries agreed to continue their efforts to limit the increase in average global temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. “We must stay below this 1.5 degree target to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change,” said Christina DeConcini, director of government affairs at the World Resources Institute. “We’re not on track to do that anyway, which is a problem. So what we need are more aggressive policies, and we’re not going to get more aggressive policies with Trump. » Trump said he would partially repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, a Biden-era law that included record investments in clean energy. The president-elect also wants to repeal regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including vehicle exhaust standards that Trump says will hurt the auto industry. Trump also wants to expand oil and gas drilling, a plan supported by the American Petroleum Institute. Amanda Eversole, executive vice president of API, says increasing production in the United States will improve energy affordability and reliability. “What we know is that American energy producers lead the world in producing energy, and we do it among the cleanest in the world. At the same time, we are at the leading the world in reducing emissions, and both of those things can happen at some point at the same time,” Eversole said Friday, Trump announced that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum would lead a national council. newly created energy agency to coordinate the policies of various agencies “This Council will oversee the path to U.S. ENERGY DOMINATION by cutting red tape, strengthening private sector investment in all sectors of the economy, and focusing on INNOVATION. a long-standing, but completely unnecessary regulation,” Trump said in a statement According to the United Nations, fossil fuels are “by far the largest contributor to global development.” climate change,” and the United States is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. The UN says that to limit global warming to 1.5°C, greenhouse gas emissions must peak before 2025 at the latest and decline by 43% by 2030.
Global negotiations to combat climate change are underway after a crucial U.S. presidential election. America’s role in international negotiations, as well as in its domestic policies, is expected to change significantly when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Trump signaled this change in direction once again on Saturday when he announced Chris Wright, a fossil fuel executive, as his pick to lead the U.S. Department of Energy.
The contrast will also be on display Sunday as President Joe Biden touts his climate legacy during a visit to the Amazon rainforest.
John Podesta, the Biden administration’s top climate adviser, called the election results “bitterly disappointing” during a speech Monday at the United Nations COP29 summit. He also insisted that climate action would continue at national and local levels as well as in the business world.
“Facts remain facts. Science remains science. This fight is bigger than an election, than a political cycle, in a single country,” Podesta said.
Trump’s re-election comes as the world is on track for another record-breaking year of heat, and scientists say climate change is contributing to more extreme weather.
During his campaign, Trump often downplayed these consequences, claiming that “this is all a big hoax” and that “we don’t have a problem with global warming.” He also spoke out about rising sea levels at a recent rally, saying, “never mind (the expletive).”
Trump is widely expected to withdraw the United States from Paris climate agreement as he did during his first term.
“As someone who cares deeply about the environment, which I do, I cannot in good conscience support a deal that punishes the United States,” Trump said during a 2017 speech.
In the international treaty, nearly 200 countries agreed to continue efforts to limit the increase in average global temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
“We must stay below this 1.5 degree target to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change,” said Christina DeConcini, director of government affairs at the World Resources Institute. “We’re not on track to do that anyway, which is a problem. So what we need are more aggressive policies, and we’re not going to get more aggressive policies with Trump. »
Trump said he would partially repeal the inflation reduction law, a Biden-era law that made record investments in clean energy. The president-elect also wants to repeal regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including vehicle exhaust standards that Trump says will hurt the auto industry.
Trump also wants to expand oil and gas drilling, a plan supported by the American Petroleum Institute. Amanda Eversole, executive vice president of API, says increasing production in the United States will improve energy affordability and reliability.
“What we know is that American energy producers lead the world in producing energy, and we do it among the cleanest in the world. At the same time, we are at the leading the world in reducing emissions, and both of these things can happen at some point at the same time,” Eversole said.
On Friday, Trump announced that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum would lead a new National Energy Council to coordinate the policies of various government agencies.
“This Council will oversee the path to U.S. ENERGY DOMINATION by cutting red tape, strengthening private sector investment in all sectors of the economy, and focusing on INNOVATION over long-standing regulation, but totally unnecessary,” Trump said in a statement.
According to the The United Nationsfossil fuels are “by far the largest contributor to global climate change” and the United States is one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases. According to the UN, to limit global warming to 1.5°C, greenhouse gas emissions must peak before 2025 at the latest and decrease by 43% by 2030.