On the campaign trail, Trump has minimized the effects of climate change, attacked electric vehicles and pledged to repeal Biden’s signature climate law. These are emotional things to people,” said Bas Eickhout, a Dutch member of the European Parliament with the European Green Party. EUUndoing current climate policy in the EU would be even harder than torpedoing the IRA. This is because the British public consistently says it cares about climate change and thinks the government is not doing enough to tackle it. That made him an outlier among his South American neighbors — Brazil, Chile and Colombia have all elected leftist leaders who have pledged strong action on climate change.

Source: Taipei Times February 28, 2024 16:38 UTC