Global Climate Action at a Crossroads: Overshooting 1.5°C as US Retreats and Others Push Forward on Clean Energy
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Rachel Cleetus Policy Director
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The article reflects on the nearly 10 years since the Paris Agreement, noting that the world is virtually certain to overshoot 1.5°C of warming. It criticizes the Trump administration's rollback of US climate policies and describes geopolitical tensions. However, it also highlights signs of hope as other countries continue pursuing clean energy transitions despite US backtracking.
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The world is virtually certain to overshoot 1.5°C of warming and climate impacts are rapidly worsening everywhere.
The world's largest historical emitter, the United States, under the reckless authoritarian Trump administration, has launched an all-out assault on US and global climate policies.
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