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How the world has responded to Trump’s Paris climate agreement withdrawal (www.theguardian.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

And with how incumbents are getting tossed out due to ~~cost of living~~ failing to limit inequality

FTFY. There are economic policies that could prevent the working-class disillusionment that causes democracies to backslide into fascism, but neoliberals refuse to implement them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

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