Institute responds to 2024 US elections

Bob Ward, Policy and Communications Director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science, said: “Donald Trump said relatively little about climate change on the campaign trail, except occasional comments that showed he still does not understand the damage it is causing to lives and livelihoods in the United States. Based on his first term, we can expect him to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement and fail to honour commitments to provide financial support for poor countries to deal with climate change, which is the main issue due to be discussed at the United Nations climate change summit in Azerbaijan next week. 

“He may not reverse the investments in clean energy technologies that have resulted from the Inflation Reduction Act because they have benefited many Republican states, but he had pledged to introduce heavy tariffs on imports of cheap Chinese electric vehicles, which will increase prices for American consumers. Mr Trump is also being advised by some Republican groups to abolish the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including the National Hurricane Center, which would leave the United States much more vulnerable to extreme weather.”

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