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What we are seeing today – sea-level rise, heatwaves, floods, storms, droughts and wildfires – are just a preview of the horror movie to come.”
Guterres said
Trump may slow down the transition away from fossil fuels and allow other countries to delay action. But the writing is on the wall both politically and economically for fossil fuels. It is when, not if, fossil fuels cease to be used as an energy source.”
Prof Mark Maslin, a climatologist at University College London, said
It means we need to fight even harder to get on track,
Guterres saidThirteen of the world’s biggest ports for oil supertankers will be overwhelmed by rising sea levels. Rising seas, which are caused by rising temperatures. And rising temperatures, which are – overwhelmingly – caused by burning fossil fuels.”
Guterres highlighted the “grim irony” of analysis revealed by the Guardian in JanuaryOur fossil fuel addiction is a Frankenstein’s monster, sparing nothing and no one. All around us, we see clear signs that the monster has become master,
Guterres said in a speech days after 2024 was revealed to be the hottest year on record and Donald Trump began his second term as US president by pulling the country out of the Paris climate agreement and pledging toGlobal heating is racing forward – we cannot afford to move backward,
he saidWe also need a surge in finance for climate action in developing countries, to adapt to global heating, slash emissions and seize the benefits of the renewables revolution,
he saidTo the corporate leaders who remain committed to climate action, your leadership is needed now more than ever,
he saidAs can be the case with these technology investments, we’ve determined the technology is not going to be as cost-competitive as we had anticipated,
O’Neill said
This is predicted to cascade into plunging property values in communities where insurance becomes impossible to find or prohibitively expensive – a collapse in property values with the potential to trigger a full-scale financial crisis similar to what occurred in 2008.”
As a US Senate budget committee report stated last month
There is little appetite for loss-leading, strategic or marginal green investments any more,
he saidPeak ESG has passed, and every oil and gas company is walking back from their uneconomic green opportunity pipeline,
he saidIt could further strengthen support for anti-climate policies in Europe and other regions,
he saidThe decisions that U.S. companies make about how much to grow oil production are first and foremost going to be determined by market signals,
says Jason Bordoff, who runs the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University
We didn't go back to horses, even though there was a strong horse lobby when cars came,
says Leah Seligmann, chief change catalyst and CEO at The B Team, a business group focused on climateWe’re thinking in terms of 25% on Mexico and Canada, because they’re allowing vast numbers of people,
into the country, ... Trump said in response to questions from reporters, as he sat behind the Oval Office’s Resolute Desk on Monday
High costs of energy are unnecessary. They are by design. It is a cause of policy,
the adviser saidEnergy prices permeate every single part of our economy,
a Trump adviser saidI can’t guarantee anything,
Trump told NBC NewsIt is crystal clear that his administration is all in to pad Big Oil Billionaire profits at the expense of our air, water, lands, climate, health, pocketbooks, and jobs."
But Tiernan Sittenfeld of the League of Conservation Voters said in a separate statement