The Trump administration was not invited to the gathering in Santa Marta, Colombia. A White House spokeswoman called the green transition “destructive.”
Agreement to conduct the necessary phase out is probably not possible if a country run for the benefit of the oil industry is involved in any meaningful way
Perhaps this is a challenge goal to help reestablish international trust once we start recovering from our current national mental breakdown
Is it too much to dream that even after jumping on board late, we reach the finish line while helping support our fellow nations across?
I think it’s more about hedging bets against the US never recovering from the current mental breakdown.
Yes. Even if a sane administration gets in again, the trust is gone. If this can happen twice it probably will happen once again in the not too distant future.
Trust comes on foot and leaves on horseback.
The US, and a few other petrostates, which have worked together to block consensus within the existing COP process