Trump doesn't waste any time: Future US President is preparing a radical change in climate policy

FR Trump doesn't waste any time: Future US President is preparing a radical change in climate policy Jekaterina Jalunina • 11 hours • 2 minutes reading time Paris Climate Agreement After the US election, Donald Trump's team is planning a major change in climate policy, according to a report - it concerns the Paris Climate Agreement. Washington D.C. - According to a media report, the designated US President Donald Trump is preparing a comprehensive change in the environmental and climate policy of the world's largest economy. This includes not only withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, but also outsourcing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from Washington and reducing the size of nature reserves to clear the way for oil drilling and mining. This is reported by the New York Times. Two former cabinet members and well-known oil and coal lobbyists are to assist Trump: the lawyer David Bernhardt, who was Secretary of the Interior from 2019 to 2021 in Trump's first term, and the lawyer Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the EPA under Trump from 2018 to 2021. The New York Times described both as "Washington insiders" who have years of experience in dismantling government environmental protection measures. Climate change in the USA: Trump has already left the Paris Climate Agreement The annual World Climate Conference begins on Monday, this time taking place in the Azerbaijani capital Baku. The USA is one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world. During his first term (2017-2021), Trump had already terminated the Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees compared to pre-industrial times. However, under his successor Joe Biden, the USA rejoined.