At UN talks, Trump win sparks fears climate aid will fizzle

Local and regional government initiatives emerged November 10 as bright spots at the Marrakech Climate Change Conference, which has been dominated by worries about the future US role in global efforts to curb carbon emissions after Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. “It would be, I think, extremely hard to retreat”. A key Trump energy advisor, Myron Ebell, who has often railed against what he describes as “climate change alarmism” and is chairman of the climate change sceptic group the Cooler Heads Coalition, is said to be overseeing an overhaul of the government’s Environmental Protection Agency.

“Provided political leaders globally maintain their commitment to action, these tailwinds mean we should be able to ride through the turbulence that a climate skeptic in the White House could bring”, said Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics.

Polls show that Americans of every political stripe are growing more anxious about climate change, and a Reuters/Ipsos poll released in December found that a majority of Republicans support us efforts to work with other countries to address the problem.

“Perhaps the road map is not in good situation”, Ushio said. “There are too many uncertainties ahead”.

If indeed implemented, the biggest risk of a radical reversal of United States energy policy is that it could lead other countries to do the same and in this way lead to a breakdown of the Paris climate agreement. Of that $100 billion, about $63 billion will be mobilised through public funding. The Paris Agreement won enough backing for entry into force on November 4. This agreement has been widely lauded as a historic achievement which could save the world from the catastrophic effect of global warming through various country-specific actions. If this happens – and if no new agreement will be concluded later – it will not be possible to limit global warming to two degrees celsius, as envisaged by the Paris agreement.

Mr Mezouar has not yet reached out to Mr Trump or his team, he told AFP. Now that he is the President-elect with actual President-ing to do, he’s angling to make the United States a liar on the worldwide stage.

A Flagstaff local and co-founder of the nonprofit Care about Climate, Jones traveled to Marrakech to participate in efforts to reinforce and advance last year’s worldwide agreement to limit global warming.

France celebrated a milestone in the Paris climate change agreement last week by lighting up the Eiffel Tower in green. “Not only the United States, but also other countries, will not move away from that direction”. During the COP21 governments had formally accepted to lead climate action and pledged to adopt climate-friendly policies to further their goal. “Our job, when we go to COP this time, is to sit with the delegation and make sure they knowthe importance of transitioning to the President elect with clear indications of how important it is to remain at the table with their commitments”.