With President-elect Donald Trump¡¯s victory in the United States, international climate diplomacy is at a crossroads ¡ª similarly to when in 2017, during Trump¡¯s first term, the United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement on combating climate change.
The former leader¡¯s reelection does not bode well for the future of climate action, given his hostility to these efforts and desire to put his ¡°America first¡± doctrine above planet-friendly initiatives and investments.
Trump, a climate change skeptic, has called global warming ¡°a big hoax.¡± He has even mocked those alarmed by the fact that the ¡°ocean will rise¡± ¡ª his words to describe sea level rise ¡ª by saying, ¡°who the hell cares?¡±
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