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As President Trump signed an executive order to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord on Monday as part of his bid for office, the shot at It was the bow of world leaders and chief executives gathered in Davos, Switzerland.
Many political and business figures attending the World Economic Forum’s annual conference support efforts to combat climate change, including the Paris Agreement, which is close to being ratified. all countries in 2015. Pulling the US out of the agreement is a sign of government mismanagement. a lack of concern about the rise of global warming gases, as well as a rebuke of the kind of multilateralism that has come to define Davos.
The World Economic Forum’s annual conference focuses on climate and the environment. “Safeguarding the Planet” is one of the five themes of this year’s conference, and the organization’s survey ranks extreme weather as one of the world’s most pressing threats. earth.
For years, politicians and businesses in Davos have promoted their efforts to reduce emissions, adopt clean energy and work together to mitigate global warming.
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said on Tuesday that President Trump’s actions would not lead Europe to change its plans. “Europe will stay the course and continue to work with all countries that want to protect nature and stop global warming,” he said. “The Paris Agreement remains humanity’s best hope.”
Simon Stiell, the UN’s climate chief, said a clean power transition would happen with or without the United States.
“The world is going through an unstoppable energy transition,” he said, adding that the US could rejoin the Paris pact at any time.
Company leaders were more cautious in their comments about Mr. Trump.
We Mean Business, a coalition of advocacy groups that support climate action, expressed frustration.
“While the decision of the new US presidential administration to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement is deeply disappointing, one country’s decision does not change global action,” said group in one statement.
But the executive was careful not to say anything that might offend the new president.
“I think we all know Paris is coming,” said Kate Brandt, Google’s chief sustainability officer. “A lot of the conversations we’ve had with the new administration are around things like advanced nuclear, advanced geothermal, battery storage technology, AI use cases”
Kara Hurst, Amazon’s chief sustainability officer, said her company is not going back on its climate goals because of the president’s decision. “We are dedicated to our goals,” he said. “We stay the course. We are not giving up on it. I think most companies have long-term goals that they will stick to. “
Activists have been more direct in their condemnation of Mr Trump’s move to withdraw from the Paris accord.
“No one country, let alone one man, can stop the global energy transition,” said Tzeporah Berman, a Canadian climate activist who chairs the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. “Trump is trying hard to hold on to the past even as the reality of our heavy dependence on fossil fuels is carved into the dry landscape of Los Angeles. What he did yesterday will cost lives and stop Americans and the world from protecting what we love.”
