The great climate disconnect

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What is the world to live in the world? If you doubt it, consider the events of last week.

Because Trump administration was cooling Financing of electric car charging programs, saturiferous USAID agency that help countries deal with weather extremes and grate Climate change notes from state websites, scientists discovered several indignation Data:

Showed last month that was the hottest January postDespite the arrival of freezing La Niña Ocean Terms, the average global temperature was expected.

Yes, it’s just a month, and yes, February could be more cool. But it is also possible that greenhouse gases continue to spill the capacity of the planet in an atmosphere, of course, the ability to cool itself Scientists Fear of unusual intense Los Angeles and “Valencia” Bible Floods can be signs of change of climate system three months ago, which we still do not understand.

In any case, the gap between climate risk and response is mentally wide, and not only because Donald Trump is doing in the world’s largest economy.

The FAR alternative to the German (AFD) party in Europe’s largest economy is in the second place in the monthly elections, which promised to Outbound Trump. Tears wind farms and their “shame windmills”. (Trump is only trying stop the new So far, wind bags are being built.)

Turbines are probably safe. The other parties in Germany ruled out working with AFD in the coalition. But the next door of Austria, Far Freedom Party, becomes a senior partner in the coalition government, which won large precipitation in the September elections opposite Climate measures. It belongs to the European Patriots, the third largest group of the European Parliament, whose remote leaders have left the “Green Deal ideology” rally On weekends in Madrid.

Their message that the green policy is expensive for ordinary employees is resonated in more countries.

Canadian Conservative Prelate Pierre Poilevre has made such a case against Justin Trudo carbon tax before Canada Upcoming elections. Mark Stone, the climate champion, who is pursuing Trudean as a leader of the Liberal Party, said The writing would be Tax parts and replace it with less “dividing” green policy.

Meanwhile, the list of companies that disappear their green efforts in the world of business grow. Even Nutrition equal The energy group, which changed its name seven years ago, was now pushing green energy, now it plans to promote mineral fuel production and renewable energy costs.

This is the background of the 2015 Paris Climate Treaty, the World Treaty, which is supposed to speed up, globally slowly.

So far no country has followed Trump and decided to leave the Agreement, although Argentina is weighing Departure and Indonesia has Question: Why should it match the arrangement that the US is going to ignore?

Why does all this happen now? What has changed since 2020, when companies and countries were like to support nolly policy? There is no answer, but it is no coincidence that the green return has arisen, as countries cease to put purely zero goals and start a policy. It was always pregnant, especially at the price of a live crunch. Support for German AFD, which increased in 2023, after it operates the controversial government efforts to detect the heating of the house.

Cook leaders realize the need for Retch. “The climate movement should reflect the young Germans who last summer to Afder last summer, as they thought that green, Ambassador to Rachel Kerten, a number” we have a lot to tell history.

The British government is pursuing an ambitious climate agenda, which includes a clean energy system by 2030. In addition to the extension of the Boz fuel age, even as its competitors electrician.

Travel direction is in favor of China. Energy pass has begun. But it’s hard to see that it happens quickly to make more unpredictable and disturbing climate.

pilita.clark@ft.com