Global World News What Trump’s Expected Withdrawal From Global Climate Efforts Means For The Environment — And The Economy

What Trump Quitting the Energy Transition Means for the World

The world has reached a hinge moment in the energy transition. Leaps in technology are making it possible to cut emissions faster and more cheaply than ever. At the same time, US President Donald ... Read More

Despite Trump moves, COP30 will show efforts to curb planet warming persist | Opinion

The Trump administration has withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris Agreement and will likely not attend the upcoming COP30 climate summit. Despite the federal government's withdrawal, many U.S. states and ... Read More

Global Leaders Are Glad the US Isn’t Attending COP30

Momentum behind decarbonizing the global economy has built to the point where it is inevitable—with or without the United States. Read More

California steps in as Trump skips global climate summit in Brazil

California aims to build on its reputation as a global climate leader at this year's COP conference in Belém, Brazil. Read More

Global companies are still committing to protect the climate – and they’re investing big money in clean tech

While Trump scraps US climate policies, companies still face pressure from states, other countries and their customers. That pressure trickles down supply chains. Read More

Global economy shrugs off Trump’s tariffs, at least for now, IMF says

The global economy is performing better than expected amid a historic upheaval in U.S. trade policy, but President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are beginning to erode prospects for future growth, ... Read More

‘Premature’ to conclude that Trump’s tariffs haven’t hit the global economy, the IMF says

Higher US tariffs have so far had a smaller impact globally than expected, but it would be “premature and incorrect” to conclude they have had no effect on economic growth, the International Monetary ... Read More

Climate-fighting efforts show slight gain but still fall far short, UN says

All nations of the world had homework this year: submit new-and-improved plans to fight climate change. But the plans they handed in “have barely moved the needle” on reducing Earth’s future warming, ... Read More

Why Trump is not a death knell for global climate action

Matt McDonald has received funding from the Australian Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council in the UK. In his rambling speech to the United Nations last month, United States ... Read More

UN report: Climate-fighting efforts show slight gain but still fall far short

All nations of the world had homework this year: submit new-and-improved plans to fight climate change. But the plans they handed in “have barely moved the needle” on reducing Earth’s future warming, ... Read More