Source: Amnesty International –
In 2024, for the first time, the global average temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, making rapid coordinated global climate action even more urgent.
Instead of supporting a fast and just phase out of fossil fuels, US President Donald Trump is recklessly assaulting global efforts to combat climate change in five key ways, by:
- Withdrawing the US from global climate bodies
- Promoting a disinformation campaign against established climate science
- Using bullying and coercive measures to push pro-fossil fuel policies
- Weakening domestic climate protections and defunding climate science
- Restricting civic space which harms climate activism