Among sweeping rightwing electoral victories across the globe, the ‘big loser of the elections has been climate’

Summary

Amid record global heat and worsening climate disasters, 2024’s elections worldwide have highlighted declining political commitment to addressing the climate crisis.

Right-wing victories, including Trump’s U.S. win and climate-skeptic gains in Europe, have sidelined climate action, prioritizing inflation and energy costs instead.

The troubled Cop29 summit in Azerbaijan, marked by stalled emissions cuts and defiant pro-fossil fuel rhetoric, reflects this shift.

While some countries, like the UK, advanced climate agendas, overall momentum is fading, leaving activists and scientists alarmed as time to prevent catastrophic warming runs out.

  • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
    312·
    9 hours ago

    “We can’t afford to spend money reducing climate change”

    Also:

    “There’s more floods, fires and hurricanes. And they’re getting worse. We can’t afford to keep rescuing people and rebuilding.”

    • RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      To make a point you’d have to choose something we apparently can afford. What you describe is that we’re essentially broke and really can’t do anything about climate change.

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    493·
    12 hours ago

    Humans, once again, choose extinction because we’re fucking monkeys in pants flinging shit at each other.

    Honestly, if the majority of us are really this fuckstupid, maybe it’s genuinely deserved.

    • RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      121·
      12 hours ago

      Yeah, I’m losing interest in humans as well. They’re idiots and they chose their path. Let’s wait and see what’s next.

        • Adderbox76@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          1 hour ago

          I’ve gone all in on Raccoons. They’re my bet for next on the evolutionary trial once we’re out of the way.

        • cygnus@lemmy.caEnglish
          71·
          10 hours ago

          If we had achieved carcinization by now we wouldn’t have any of these problems — we’d be locking pincers in friendship, skittering sideways across a utopic planet. Alas.

            • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
              2·
              6 hours ago

              And also were social. One of the things holding them back is despite their intelligence, they are solitary creatures, so they don’t work together to accomplish more than they can alone.