for - 2nd Trump term - 2nd Trump presidency - 2024 U.S. election - existential threat for climate crisis - Title:Trump 2.0: The climate cannot survive another Trump term - Author: Michael Mann - Date: Nov 5, 2023

Summary - Michael Mann repeats a similiar warning he made before the 2020 U.S. elections. Now the urgency is even greater. - Trump's "Project 2025" fossil-fuel -friendly plan would be a victory for the fossil fuel industry. It would - defund renewable energy research and rollout - decimate the EPA, - encourage drilling and - defund the Loss and Damage Fund, so vital for bringing the rest of the world onboard for rapid decarbonization. - Whoever wins the next U.S. election will be leading the U.S. in the most critical period of the human history because our remaining carbon budget stands at 5 years and 172 days at the current rate we are burning fossil fuels. Most of this time window overlaps with the next term of the U.S. presidency. - While Mann points out that the Inflation Reduction Act only takes us to 40% rather than Paris Climate Agreement 60% less emissions by 2030, it is still a big step in the right direction. - Trump would most definitely take a giant step in the wrong direction. - So Trump could singlehandedly set human civilization on a course of irreversible global devastation.

for - 2nd Trump term - regressive climate policy

for - 2nd Trump presidency - elimination of loss and damage fund - impact on global decarbonization effort

• While we have seen renewed leadership on climate by the Biden administration,
• other nations are wary of what a second Trump presidency could portend,
• particularly on climate
  • where they fear he will refuse to honor our commitments to the rest of the world
• and derail four years of progress on climate.

for - loss and damage fund - global impact

• That’s what the “loss and damage” agreement does,
• and it could lead to a greater willingness by India and other developing countries
• to ramp up their own commitments to decarbonization.