Trump’s reelection casts a shadow over the start of global climate negotiations

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1. From the article:

   “Donald Trump’s victory is a big deal at this summit. He has called climate change a “hoax.” Trump has also suggested he will withdraw the U.S. from the Paris agreement, like he did during his first term.

   “President-elect Trump has made very clear that he won’t wait six months to pull out of the Paris agreement like he did in his last term,” says Alden Meyer, senior associate at climate change think tank E3G. “He will pull out on day one.”

   If the U.S. withdraws, the process takes a year. But the threat is already reshaping the diplomatic landscape. At the Baku summit, countries won’t rely on U.S. leadership as they would have if Vice President Kamala Harris had won the election, Meyer says.

   “With Trump’s victory, I think people will be looking to see other countries, other leaders pick up the slack,” Meyer says. “Particularly the European Union and China.”

   Countries are due to submit new pledges to reduce emissions early next year, which are supposed to be more ambitious than their last ones. But first, they need to come up with a new plan to help developing nations move off fossil fuels and deal with the impacts of global warming. That’s at the top of the agenda this year.”

2. When you blow billions and have no results to show for it… Probably a good idea to stop spending money on it.

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