Climate After Trump
My latest column just out: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-election-what-would-it-mean-for-climate-change-by-gernot-wagner-2024-03
In short, he could, would, and already is delaying clean investments – and any such delay is bad. But delaying the inevitable is all he has. Even a Trump victory this November could not halt it.
Or, perhaps more succinct: The #renewables revolution is inevitable. Attempts by #Trump to stand in its way would amount to little more than another wall that never gets built.
#climate #economics
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