EDITOR’S OPINION
No need to follow the leader Chris Jones
Managing editor of Energy in Buildings & Industry
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treaties. As well as declaring a resolve to repeat his removal from the Paris Agreement, Trump has also said that he plans to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which would effectively mean the end of US participation in future COP negotiations. As well as such headline-grabbing
short while after renowned Climate Change sceptic Donald Trump was celebrating his election
victory, the World Meteorological Organisation declared that the year 2024 was almost certainly going to be the world’s hottest on record, with temperatures more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial times for the first time. So just when the planet is in dire need of global leaders who are prepared to take decisive action to address the likely devastating impact of this new milestone, the soon-to-be 47th President was reaffirming his passion for fossil fuels. Trump’s return to the White House
is a major blow to anyone who recognises the need for multilateral cooperation in the mission to cut carbon emissions. He has previously called efforts to raise funds to boost green energy projects as a scam and appears determined to roll back legislation, remove environmental protections and pull out of global
moves, the new Trump administration is likely to push for further oil and gas exploration, as well as the imposition of heavy tariffs on electric vehicles and solar panels from China. As a consequence, the latest analysis by Carbon Brief concludes that his January inauguration could result in an additional 4bn tonnes of US carbon dioxide emissions being released into the atmosphere over the next five years. However, despite Trump’s best
efforts to build barriers, the US is not
...climate change is accelerating at a pace and scale that even the most blinkered President must find hard to ignore
going to be immune from the impact of climate change that is accelerating at a pace and scale that even the most blinkered President must find hard to ignore. Supercharged hurricanes, heat waves, floods and fires will persist in leading our news bulletins as extreme weather wreaks havoc around the world, with the global economy obliged to count the cost of devastated communities and continual re-construction. And as more parts of the planet become uninhabitable, the pressures of mass- immigration on state borders are unlikely to ease any time soon. Mother Nature is no respecter of boundaries and such challenges only go to highlight our inter-dependency. So even if one of the world’s biggest polluters is determined to turn the clock back, there is no reason why the UK and other countries should stop looking forward. There is still a strong case for pursuing a thriving low carbon economy, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has proved that fossil fuel dependency is not consistent with security. Ultimately, it remains in everyone’s
interests to use less energy and maximise the potential of cheaper and more environmentally-friendly resources. Trump might have a very different agenda, but that doesn’t mean we need to follow his lead.
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