Trump 2.0 will alter global climate fighting efforts. Will others step up?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump 2.0 will alter global climate fighting efforts. Will others step up?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Global efforts to fight climate change stumbled but survived the last time Donald Trump was elected president and withdrew the United States from an international climate agreement. But she added: “The Paris Agreement has proven resilient and is stronger than any single country’s policy.” The United Nations’ annual climate negotiations to follow on the Paris accord start next week in Baku, Azerbaijan. But she added: “The rest of the world is used to U.S. flip-flopping now and will not be diverted from their own efforts.” Because of the 2020 pandemic and the timing of deadlines created by the Paris Agreement, the three United Nations climate negotiations that took place during the first Trump administration weren’t as ambitious as they could have been. U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell said negotiations continue because “the fundamental facts remain unchanged: global heating is already hammering every nation, hitting national and households budgets harder every year.” The Biden administration will still represent the United States next week, when crucial negotiations will address financial help that poor nations need to cope with and fight climate change. Usually the United States “is able to nudge” a more reluctant China to be more ambitious about fighting climate change, Asia Society’s Li Shuo said.

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Biden set an ambitious new climate goal. Will it still matter under Trump?
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Biden set an ambitious new climate goal. Will it still matter under Trump?

NPR  

Biden set an ambitious new climate goal. Sponsor Message "I'm proud that my Administration is carrying out the boldest climate agenda in American history," Biden said in a White House video accompanying the announcement. The President continued to frame his administration's climate objectives as economic opportunity for the nation, highlighting jobs created by building offshore wind energy projects and by …

NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record
1 week, 4 days ago

NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record

Politico  

NOAA’s findings are an ominous sign for global efforts to keep global temperatures from rising 1.5 C since the Industrial Revolution, a goal set out in the Paris climate agreement. Climate scientists had predicted earlier this year that 2024 would set a new record, but the trends are even more worrying than anticipated, said Zeke Hausfather, a research scientist at …

Trump vows fast environmental approvals for $1 billion investments in US
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Trump vows fast environmental approvals for $1 billion investments in US

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to speed up environmental approvals for those investing $1 billion or more in the United States. On Tuesday, Trump said any person or company investing $1 billion or more in the country "will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals." Trump has previously …

Opinion | Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Opinion | Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump

New York Times  

Donald Trump’s return to Washington might seem like a terrifying moment for the fight against climate change. The incoming administration is not just hostile to the energy transition; it’s also expected to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, roll back a wide range of pollution regulations and promote domestic fossil fuel production — decisions likely to …

A re-imagined partnership
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

A re-imagined partnership

China Daily  

YIN YIYUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY Editor's note: The world has undergone many changes and shocks in recent years. As one of the world's most powerful political unions, the European Union faces an array of internal and external difficulties, from economic strain within its member states to the challenges of handling major global issues such as security, climate change and international trade. …

A re-imagined partnership
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

A re-imagined partnership

China Daily  

YIN YIYUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY Editor's note: The world has undergone many changes and shocks in recent years. As one of the world's most powerful political unions, the European Union faces an array of internal and external difficulties, from economic strain within its member states to the challenges of handling major global issues such as security, climate change and international trade. …

US, India lead G20 on climate action but Trump presidency might change things: Study
1 month ago

US, India lead G20 on climate action but Trump presidency might change things: Study

Firstpost  

A new study revealed that the United States and India are the top two nations in the G20 to take climate policy measures and reduce carbon emissions. However, the analysts warned that the advent of President-elect Donald Trump could be detrimental to these gains As talks about climate financing falter at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, a study noted that …

How will China impact the future of climate change? You might be surprised
1 month ago

How will China impact the future of climate change? You might be surprised

NPR  

How will China impact the future of climate change? "They've set up a situation where it's good for them to sell clean energy technologies to the world," says Alex Wang, a professor of law at UCLA focused on Chinese climate policy. toggle caption STR/AFP via Getty Images/AFP A global green race Despite headwinds from coal interests, many climate experts are …

COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
1 month, 1 week ago

COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering

The Hindu  

This year’s U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the reelection of U.S. climate skeptic Donald Trump stealing the limelight. On Friday, midway through the two-week summit, a group of former leaders, climate experts and scientists published an open letter calling for the COP process to …

Climate diplomacy just about survived Trump’s first term – can it withstand a second?
1 month, 1 week ago

Climate diplomacy just about survived Trump’s first term – can it withstand a second?

The Independent  

I still remember the energy and optimism we felt on the way to the 2016 climate talks in Marrakesh. In the next year, there are critical climate elections in Germany, Canada and my home country of Australia that could transform political trajectories in some of the world’s biggest historical emitters. If leaders like Viktor Orbán or Giorgia Meloni sense there’s …

Gore says climate progress 'won't slow much' because of Trump
1 month, 1 week ago

Gore says climate progress 'won't slow much' because of Trump

Raw Story  

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore believes a second Donald Trump term in the White House may have little impact on the "momentum" of the world's fight against climate change. "We've been through this before," Gore told reporters Thursday ahead of Friday's release of the latest data findings from Climate TRACE, an independent tracker of global emissions he co-founded. "He …

COP29 and the climate crisis: Navigating a world with Trump back in charge
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1 month, 1 week ago

COP29 and the climate crisis: Navigating a world with Trump back in charge

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To subscribe to this fortnightly newsletter and get it in your inbox, Dear reader, Welcome to the first issue of Mint’s newsletter on the climate crisis: Climate Change And You. He writes that unless countries act now, global GDP may decline by 10% due to climate impacts, and India may lose 5.8% of working hours and 34 million jobs due …

What does Donald Trump mean for COP29?
1 month, 1 week ago

What does Donald Trump mean for COP29?

Firstpost  

His return not only threatens to disrupt the COP29 but derail overall global initiatives to attenuate the climate crisis precipice becoming irreversible The simmering speculations on the impact of Donald Trump’s return to White House are driving the tone and tenor of the ongoing 2024 annual summit of the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change or the 29th Conference …

Act on climate at home despite global ennui
1 month, 1 week ago

Act on climate at home despite global ennui

New Indian Express  

The longest shadow cast on the COP29 climate conference going on in Baku is the re-election of Donald Trump. The president-elect has already picked Vivek Ramaswamy, who has criticised big companies for basing business strategy around climate change concerns, to co-head a new department of government efficiency. That is the main agenda at COP29—to push for a new global climate …

Action against climate change ‘robust and will endure’ Trump years, UN climate chief tells COP29
1 month, 1 week ago

Action against climate change ‘robust and will endure’ Trump years, UN climate chief tells COP29

Firstpost  

Trump’s election sweep has cast a long shadow over proceedings in Azerbaijan, with concerns that the imminent US withdrawal from the landmark 2015 Paris deal could undermine ambition around the negotiating table Participating world leaders and delegates arrive for a family photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku. AFP Global action on climate change “is robust and …

US climate envoy says work will continue despite Trump’s return
1 month, 1 week ago

US climate envoy says work will continue despite Trump’s return

The Hindu  

U.S. climate envoy John Podesta urged governments to keep faith in the country’s promise to combat global warming, saying Donald Trump can slow, not stop, the transition from fossil fuels when he returns to office in January. The annual U.N. climate summit began on Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, with many country delegations concerned Trump’s victory in U.S. presidential elections on …

Starmer Pushes UK Climate Leadership as Trump Win Poses Threat
1 month, 1 week ago

Starmer Pushes UK Climate Leadership as Trump Win Poses Threat

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wants the UK to assume a “global leadership” role in fighting climate change, even as the election of Donald Trump to a second US presidential term threatens to hold back global action. “I am very clear in mine which is that the climate challenge is something that we have got to rise to and …

US signals it will push for widening pool of climate finance contributors
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1 month, 1 week ago

US signals it will push for widening pool of climate finance contributors

Hindustan Times  

The United States has signalled it will push for widening the pool of climate finance contributors at COP29, all but confirming what is feared to be turning into a major clash with developing nations over funding responsibilities. White House Senior Advisor for Clean Energy and International Climate Policy, John Podesta, holds a press conference during the United Nations climate change …

US top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over
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1 month, 1 week ago

US top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — No matter what kind of U-turn President-Elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America’s clean energy economy won’t reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly disappointed” top American climate negotiator said Monday. He said Trump will likely pull the United States out of the landmark Paris Agreement and try to roll back many of …

Trump victory leaves China calling the shots at COP29 climate negotiations
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump victory leaves China calling the shots at COP29 climate negotiations

Live Mint  

With Donald Trump’s election victory, the U.S. is headed again for the exits of the Paris accord, the international climate agreement signed nearly a decade ago, and toward an energy policy inspired by Trump’s campaign mantra “drill, baby, drill." “Everyone looks to China now," said Jonathan Pershing, a senior U.S. climate negotiator under the Obama and Biden administrations. “The ripple …

COP29: How return of Donald Trump as US president could impact climate talks in Baku
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COP29: How return of Donald Trump as US president could impact climate talks in Baku

Firstpost  

Donald Trump’s re-election comes as the world is on track to set yet another record hot year, and has been lurching from one disaster to the other – droughts, hurricanes, floods and wildfires. “By stepping back from climate commitments, Trump’s actions threaten to unravel trust in a global system already strained by the indifference and inaction of wealthy nations.” “Baku …

United Nations climate negotiations through the years to COP29: Timeline
1 month, 1 week ago

United Nations climate negotiations through the years to COP29: Timeline

The Hindu  

COP29, termed the “climate finance COP,” has one major objective: establishing a concrete financial commitment from developed countries to support climate action in developing nations. As the United Nations climate talks begin in Baku, the primary debate centers on who will provide funding and, more crucially, how much is needed. However, discussions are likely to be tense following the re-election …

COP29 opens with Trump climate withdrawal looming
1 month, 1 week ago

COP29 opens with Trump climate withdrawal looming

The Hindu  

The COP29 climate talks open Monday in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States' carbon-cutting commitments. But Trump's return will loom over the discussions, with fears that an imminent US departure from the landmark Paris agreement to limit global warming could mean less ambition around …

COP29: As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet
1 month, 1 week ago

COP29: As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet

CNN  

CNN — America’s allies and foes alike have spent the past five days speculating about what Donald Trump’s re-election will mean for their economies, security and the world’s grinding wars. Similar anxieties are brewing among diplomats gathering in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on Monday for the COP29 climate talks — and for good reason: Trump has vowed to again pull the …

Climate action will continue despite Trump’s return, US envoy tells COP29
1 month, 1 week ago

Climate action will continue despite Trump’s return, US envoy tells COP29

Al Jazeera  

John Podesta seeks to reassure, countries agree to carbon market rules, and the Taliban is in attendance on first day of climate summit. US climate envoy John Podesta has called on governments to believe in the United States’ clean energy economy, saying President-elect Donald Trump can slow but not stop its climate change pledges. On Monday, during the first day …

U.S. top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over
1 month, 1 week ago

U.S. top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over

LA Times  

John Podesta, U.S. climate envoy, speaks during a news conference at the COP29 U.N. No matter what kind of U-turn President-elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America’s clean energy economy won’t reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly disappointed” top American climate negotiator said Monday. “Fortunately, many in our country and around the world are working …

COP29: As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet
1 month, 1 week ago

COP29: As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet

CNN  

CNN — America’s allies and foes alike have spent the past five days speculating about what Donald Trump’s re-election will mean for their economies, security and the world’s grinding wars. Similar anxieties are brewing among diplomats gathering in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on Monday for the COP29 climate talks — and for good reason: Trump has vowed to again pull the …

Cop29 is post-Brexit Britain’s chance to lead on climate action
1 month, 1 week ago

Cop29 is post-Brexit Britain’s chance to lead on climate action

The Independent  

It can be argued that the auguries for this year’s international climate change conference already looked dark, even before Donald Trump’s election victory last week. But it makes for particular difficulties when the country concerned is the richest in the world, and the hoped-for agreement is about not just good intentions but money – specifically, the transfer of as much …

Trump’s win threatens US clean-energy boom
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump’s win threatens US clean-energy boom

Live Mint  

Donald Trump’s victory puts a skeptic of global warming back in the White House, triggering an about-face on climate policy that threatens to derail billions of dollars in clean-energy investment and slow a reduction in the nation’s emissions. Clean-energy companies are vulnerable because Trump has said he wants to repeal a 2022 Biden administration climate law that promised to channel …

How Trump 2.0 is more a challenge for China
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How Trump 2.0 is more a challenge for China

Firstpost  

While Donald Trump’s seemingly ‘isolationist’ foreign policies provide some space for China to fill in Asia and beyond, it is unlikely to be a breather for Beijing given the structural intent behind Trump’s policy of ‘Making America Great Again’ With these two emerging disruptions in the US and China, the impact on the rest of the world is going to …

Trump's win is a victory for the "petrostate" and a major loss for climate action, experts say
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump's win is a victory for the "petrostate" and a major loss for climate action, experts say

Salon  

When the science journal Nature surveyed more than 2,000 scientists last month about the 2024 presidential election, 86 percent said they preferred Vice President Kamala Harris over former president Donald Trump. His proxies, like Tucker Carlson and JD Vance, have respectively blamed abortion for causing freak hurricanes or have dismissed climate science as “weird.” Last month, climate scientists told Salon …

​Testing time: on climate action and President Trump
1 month, 2 weeks ago

​Testing time: on climate action and President Trump

The Hindu  

Many goals related to climate change and public health have important deadlines by 2030: reducing carbon emissions, financing poorer countries’ climate mitigation and adaptation plans, protecting biodiversity, anticipating future pandemics, and instituting sustainable development. He also vitiated scientific collaborations by raising the bogeyman of “hidden” political agendas and, after his appointees to the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine, weakened …

What the Trump victory could mean for the climate crisis
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What the Trump victory could mean for the climate crisis

Hindustan Times  

With the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP29, fast approaching, the world’s attention is firmly set on the urgent need for unified action against the climate crisis. With Donald Trump reclaiming the White House in 2024, the United States ’ approach to climate policy may face another major shift, one that could impact not only American environmental efforts but global …

Trump wins, planet loses
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump wins, planet loses

Salon  

Donald J. Trump will once again be president of the United States. The president-elect has called climate change “a hoax” and during his most recent campaign vowed to expand fossil fuel production, roll back environmental regulations, and eliminate federal support for clean energy. “Donald Trump was a disaster for climate progress during his first term, and everything he’s said and …

Column: Trump is a climate crisis all by himself. But it’s not game over
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Column: Trump is a climate crisis all by himself. But it’s not game over

LA Times  

Eight years ago this week — the last time Donald Trump was elected president of the United States — I offered a grim prognosis of what his ascendance might mean for the climate crisis. Daniel Day-Lewis portrays President Lincoln in director Steven Spielberg’s film “Lincoln.” Two degrees of heating would be a lot worse than 1.5 degrees, and 2.5 would …

Climate scientists fear Trump will destroy progress in his second term – and the outcome could be ‘grim’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Climate scientists fear Trump will destroy progress in his second term – and the outcome could be ‘grim’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “As I stated before the election, a second Trump term, which includes implementation of ‘Project 2025,’ is the end …

In new term, Trump set to go after measures that are doing the most to fight climate change
1 month, 2 weeks ago

In new term, Trump set to go after measures that are doing the most to fight climate change

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and the Republican takeback of the U.S. Senate could undo many of the national climate policies that are most reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to climate solutions experts. Trump, by contrast, has summed up his energy policy as “drill, baby, drill” and pledged to dismantle what …

Trump's return as US President raises concerns among climate advocates worldwide
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump's return as US President raises concerns among climate advocates worldwide

India Today  

The recent election of Donald Trump as the next US President has sparked widespread concern among environmentalists and climate advocates across the globe. Christiana Figueres, former Executive Director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, expressed optimism that the global transition to decarbonisation would persist despite political shifts. Figueres argued that the rapid move towards clean energy technologies …

Climate experts worry about Donald Trump’s re-election impact
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Climate experts worry about Donald Trump’s re-election impact

The Hindu  

With the 29th edition of the annual climate conference set to begin in Baku, Azerbaijan next week and Donald Trump likely to be re-elected as President of the United States, climate experts worry about what this will mean for global efforts at addressing climate change. In 2017, Mr. Trump announced the U.S.’s exit from the Paris Climate Agreement, which commits …

Trump 2.0: What's At Stake For Climate Policy And It's Impact On US-India Cooperation
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump 2.0: What's At Stake For Climate Policy And It's Impact On US-India Cooperation

ABP News  

The victory of Donald Trump in the US Presidential elections has huge implications for the US trade policy, climate change, immigration and other issues. Trump has said that he would pull the US out of the Paris Climate Accords, a framework for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, and would support increased nuclear energy production. Trump's climate policies will not only …

How Trump forced his way back into the White House
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How Trump forced his way back into the White House

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The economy was indeed also on …

Trump’s victory promises to shake up U.S. energy and climate policy, analysts and activists say
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s victory promises to shake up U.S. energy and climate policy, analysts and activists say

NPR  

Trump’s victory promises to shake up U.S. energy and climate policy, analysts and activists say toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP/AP During a victory speech early Wednesday, Donald Trump boasted of the country’s vast reserves of oil and natural gas. “But there is a legitimate vein of opportunism, of entrepreneurial spirit, of new jobs, of new economics, of business people, of entrepreneurs, …

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election

Salon  

Helene and Milton, the two massive hurricanes that just swept into the country — killing hundreds of people, and leaving both devastation and rumblings of political upheaval in seven states — amounted to their own October surprise. With early voting already underway and two weeks before Election Day, when voters will decide between Vice President Kamala Harris, who has called …

Climate world still has no solution to Trump 2.0
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate world still has no solution to Trump 2.0

Politico  

Diplomats, ministers, green advocates and businesses alike avoided engaging publicly with the prospects of a Trump win during nearly a week of events at the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week, both held in New York as a catastrophic hurricane was bearing down on Florida and the Southeast. “My expectation is, certainly if Trump wins, that he’ll pull us …

Will climate change bring an end to America's world order?
3 months ago

Will climate change bring an end to America's world order?

Salon  

Once upon a time in America, we could all argue about whether or not U.S. global power was declining. For the past 75 years, Washington’s global dominion has rested on a “delicate duality.” The raw realpolitik of U.S. military bases, multinational corporations, CIA coups and foreign military interventions has been balanced, even softened, by a surprisingly liberal world order — …

China and US push forward climate actions
3 months, 1 week ago

China and US push forward climate actions

China Daily  

China and the United States will make joint efforts to ensure a successful United Nations climate change conference in November, a key task of which will be to set a new financial target for supporting developing countries in their climate actions. While reaffirming their intention to jointly host a summit on methane and other non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases at the …

‘No big plan B’: A global anti-Trump climate resistance struggles to gain ground
4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘No big plan B’: A global anti-Trump climate resistance struggles to gain ground

Politico  

Meanwhile, climate diplomats and environmentalists have been holding their first early discussions about ways to persuade deep-pocketed investors that green energy is still the wave of the future — even if Trump wins in November. “Joe Biden has ultimately done a great service to international climate efforts with his decision not to run,” said Jochen Flasbarth, the top civil servant …

Opinion: Trump 2.0 would be a disaster for the climate
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Trump 2.0 would be a disaster for the climate

LA Times  

Donald Trump looks at his notes during a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in 2019. During Donald Trump’s first term as president, we witnessed his administration’s efforts to curtail domestic environmental regulations and the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement. A series of tabletop scenario simulations run in May and June by the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan, …

Imagining a second Trump presidency
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Imagining a second Trump presidency

Hindustan Times  

Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance and his refusal to give way to a new Democratic candidate has made Donald J Trump the clear frontrunner to win America’s presidential election. But even as the focus is on what Biden will or won’t do, it is time to seriously consider the meaning of a second Trump presidency. It will also lead to …

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