Policies of US President-elect Trump spark concern — United Nations climate talks

The U.S. goal for 2050 drew praise from leading environmental groups, as well as promises of condemnation should Trump scale back America’s role in the climate change fight. Even Russia has come in on the side of current U.S. leadership.

“I am not a believer in climate change”, he told CNN in September 2015. “The private sector is the most important player”. “And clean energy is about growth and jobs”.

They say Trump won’t be able to reverse a drop in the cost of wind and solar power, which is tipping the economics away from the most polluting fuels.

“For us, “1.5 to stay alive” is not a frivolous slogan; it is a constant reminder that, if temperatures continue to rise, our countries will suffer insurmountable losses”, he warned.

“We are going to use this positive momentum to grow the United Kingdom low-carbon sector, which is already worth over 46 billion pounds, as we continue to provide secure, affordable and clean energy to our families and businesses”. The 360 companies included Nike, General Mills, and Hewlett Packard. “It is. Scientists agree people are causing climate change primarily by burning fossil fuels, and the longterm consequences are expected to be disastrous”.

But concerns about global efforts to drive down the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change have been raised by the USA election.

“The UK Government must now show their commitment through climate action on the ground. The consequences of failure would in most cases be irreversible”, Kerry added.

Browne also said that in order to fulfill the commitments of the universal Climate Change Agreement, the resources of the Global Environmental Fund and the Green Climate Fund must be replenished. “We call on our elected U.S. leaders to strongly support. continued USA participation in the Paris Agreement”, said an open letter signed by more than 360 companies and investors, mainly American, including a dozen Fortune 500 firms.

But critics say Mr. Kerry is wasting his time and is engaged in naked political posturing, and that any decisions reached at the meeting will be worthless within two months.

Matt Patsky, CEO of Trillium Asset Management, said virtually every Fortune 500 business has acknowledged “the reality of climate change”. He emphasised the need to synchronise the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the development goals.

The Paris Climate Agreement became global law November 4, days before Trump scored his upset defeat of Hillary Clinton. “That’s true for any journey and it’s certainly true for the low-carbon transition”.

“It is unclear what Trump will do on climate policy”.

“Coming from the largest democratic country which always goes for elections in five years, we know the test of results”.

Some developed nations do not want to take an immediate decision to secure the Adaptation Fund’s future under the Paris Agreement, which took effect on November 4.

The U.S. -China partnership on climate change forged by Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping paved the way for the Paris deal to come together after years of mutual distrust.

Maatalii Okalik, president of the National Inuit Youth Council, speaks during a panel featuring Canadian Indigenous leaders discussing climate change, at the COP22 climate change conference n Marrakech, Morocco, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016.

“The idea of the platform is to connect governments with all the other decision-makers such as companies, cities and states and regions”, Tubiana said.

“Holding this conference in Africa”, he said, “is an incentive for us to give priority to tackling the adverse repercussions of climate change, which are growing worse and worse in the countries of the South and in insular states whose very existence is in jeopardy”.