Day-1 @ COP29:BakuThe US elections were on top of the mind for the opening speech, with Trump’s “drill baby drill” phrase being used to cr...
Published on by Madhukar Swayambhu, Research Head at Vaidic Srijan
The US elections were on top of the mind for the opening speech, with Trump’s “drill baby drill” phrase being used to create ripples in the Climate Action fraternity.
But, frankly speaking, that’s just politics. The most consistent feature of the president-elect is his unpredictability. If he realises that he’s going wrong, he doesn’t mind taking a U-turn.
Moreover, promising money to COP, and funding two conflicts to create war, is anyways no better for the environment anyways.
So the hope is still on, rest all is speculation. As we said earlier, COP needs a “path & pace correction”, moving from “emission focus” to “sequestration focus”!
The sooner they realise it, the better it is for the world.