World leaders, senior ministers and key figures in climate diplomacy have, one by one, reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris agreement this week, in response to the order by Donald Trump to withdraw the US from the pact.
Is there any loss? It’s not like America was doing shit anyway.
I fear it will lead to opposition governments in other countries making anti-climate change their policy. And with how incumbents are getting tossed out due to cost of living, there’s every chance that an opposition would see it as a mandate.
And with how incumbents are getting tossed out due to
cost of livingfailing to limit inequalityFTFY. There are economic policies that could prevent the working-class disillusionment that causes democracies to backslide into fascism, but neoliberals refuse to implement them.
The attitude in a lot of countries had been “China contributes xx% to global emissions, we only contribute y% so why should we trash our economy if China isn’t doing absolutely everything possible?” - add the US into that and that resistance is even harder to overcome
I wonder if reparations will ever be called for down the line, since it’s a conscious choice and not due to necessity.
As an American I hope there are consequences to America due to trump’s flaunting of global environmental pacts. But that is driven by my feeble belief that our voting populace can connect cause and effect, which they’ve shown they cannot. So… I don’t know who to fight anymore. I’m just sad and I’m sorry to the world.
