Summary

Amid record global heat and worsening climate disasters, 2024’s elections worldwide have highlighted declining political commitment to addressing the climate crisis.

Right-wing victories, including Trump’s U.S. win and climate-skeptic gains in Europe, have sidelined climate action, prioritizing inflation and energy costs instead.

The troubled Cop29 summit in Azerbaijan, marked by stalled emissions cuts and defiant pro-fossil fuel rhetoric, reflects this shift.

While some countries, like the UK, advanced climate agendas, overall momentum is fading, leaving activists and scientists alarmed as time to prevent catastrophic warming runs out.

  • SuperCub
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    1 month ago

    This is why all the billionaires have built the mansions with bunkers.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      jokes on them, gasoline can get in anywhere if you have enough. we tried to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and they increased production.

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