Trump returns to climate protection - follow the USA for the USA!

Trump returns to climate protection - follow the USA for the USA!

USA - In recent years, climate policy under the government of Donald Trump has experienced a significant turn. On the day of his office, Trump signed the USA from the Paris climate protection agreement, the central international agreement for reducing climate -damaging emissions. This agreement in which participant states had committed to limit the increase in global average temperature to less than two degrees is no longer binding for the USA. The scope of this decision can be seen in numerous political measures that Trump's administration has initiated in the areas of climate protection and environmental protection. Weser-Kurier reports of a drastic change in climate policy.

The Trump government announced that the promotion of fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil. To achieve this, permits for the construction of oil and gas pipelines, even in sensitive protected areas such as Alaska, are significantly accelerated. Over 60 laws to combat climate change have already been reversed. The environmental protection authority EPA also plans to check or abolish 31 important environmental -protecting regulations, including exhaust gas values ​​and guidelines for water pollution. These measures were introduced under the direction of Lee Zeldin, the new EPA chairman, despite the critical voices from science, which considered this procedure as destructive. Tagesschau emphasizes that many employees of the EPA were released, which further weakened.

consequences for international climate protection

The US withdrawal from the climate protection agreement also has international effects. In contrast, countries like China have clearly known to their obligations. However, Niklas Höhne from the New Climate Institute estimates that the direct climate damage will be minimal due to the emergency of the United States, with a temperature increase of less than a tenth degree until the end of the century. In addition, US politics could serve as a signal for other states to do less for climate protection, which could result in serious consequences for the global climate goals.

The relocation of the focus on fossil energies is particularly worrying, while the expansion of renewable energies is still underway. In the United States, projects in the field of offshore wind turbines are already being planned, including those of the German company RWE. It remains unclear to what extent subsidies for green technologies are canceled under the Trump administration or how the geopolitical landscape will develop as a result of these declines. BR24 reports of the challenges in front of which countries standing together.