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
No just US. China, Russia and Saudi Arabia will also be missing. It really is time to just exclude those countries from global negotiations. They only goal is obstruction. This should have been done a decade ago.
Not to be a tankie, but it does seem China is making some headway in clean energy, thank god. Hopefully it makes up for us as fuck up in some way and we don’t pass any points of no return 😅
From a cynical standpoint, China is only doing it to become less dependent on fossil fuel, should a major war occurs and trade in South China Sea becomes disrupted.
But still, if this motivation adds to the overall development of renewable energy, it’s still a win.
Well you still have Canada there, and they will most likely push for some strong commitment on best effort only, or similar crap.
The fact that they invited only limited number of countries suggests they are done with unanimous consent and are looking for countries that actually want to do something instead. So if majority of countries want to do something and Canada will be trying to block it they can just ignore it and do it without Canada.