I don’t think Time Magazine is making the point they think they are
What Global Climate Action Looks Like at COP30 Without the U.S.
Greetings from São Paulo where corporate executives from around the world have gathered ahead of this year’s United Nations climate talks—known as COP30. This is my second stop in a two-week trip to Brazil as I try to understand how the world is approaching climate change at this moment.
People always ask me whether it’s really worth spending so much time and energy at COP. This year, I’ve heard that question even more than usual given the rapid developments in the U.S.—from the AI-linked rise in power demand to the Trump Administration’s ongoing assault on climate policy.
My answer has never been clearer: to understand the state of climate efforts requires getting out of the U.S.—now more than ever. Acquiring a true sense of where things currently stand almost requires going region by region, sector by sector, technology by technology. And anticipating where things are headed means grappling with changing economics. For me, the COP experience is an opportunity to drink from a firehose and get a crash course in answering these questions. What I’ve learned is that geopolitical tension, reshaped trade dynamics, and technological advances all mean that when it comes to climate change, the U.S. is no longer in the driver’s seat.
For the past decade, a decent portion of my time at COP has been dedicated to trying to track down what the U.S. delegation is doing—whether that’s watching the U.S. broker compromises to help deliver the Paris Agreement or sitting in as the first Trump Administration pitched coal-fired power as a source of clean energy.
In other words, hobnob with the other cultists, especially the government wonks, rather than asking the average Bob and Betty what they think. What cult policy is doing to them.
An odd argument. Telling Americans that they need to get out of the US, explore region by region, to see what
global warmingclimate change is doing is the argument that American taxpayers need to spend more money to help other countries.It’s along the same idea that we expect people to worry about what the climate will be three generations from now more than putting food on the table tonight. The wealth can, but most Americans aren’t wealthy.
The Sky has been Falling for decades. None,zero,zip, fukkin NADA of the Dire Warning crap has come to pass. Banks still loan for multimillion dollar properties in The Flood Zones of the Cataclysmic Ruin that is Bearing Down on us.
How long does it take to Wake Up? How long do Democrats keep voting for the same liars who have been running their cities and states into the ground?
Spend time watching Randall Carlson on YouTube.
Learn about the Climate HISTORY of the world.
Then relax your colon. The shit that is GONNA HAPPEN can’t be stopped by parking your SUV.
Exactly WTF do you Think caused the Thaw from the Last ice age? Whose SUV did That?