270. What Does This Trump Presidency Mean for Climate?
Outrage + Optimism
Persephonica
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
As the news of Donald Trump’s 2024 US election victory makes headlines around the world, Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson unpack Trump and Harris’s campaign and discuss the implications of a Trump-led administration on US climate ambition, both domestically and internationally. Or as Tom puts it, “What the hell just happened in the US?”
Join the hosts as they analyze potential shifts in policy, how business and finance could counterbalance federal setbacks, and what this means for COP29, NDCs, and global multilateral efforts. During their discussion, the hosts pose some crucial questions: how would a US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement impact global decarbonisation progress? What role will China play as the climate leadership landscape shifts?
Amidst these turbulent times, we’re thrilled to inject a dose of much needed optimism by welcoming Congresswoman-Elect Yassamin Ansari to Outrage + Optimism. Fresh from her election to the US House of Representatives for Arizona’s 3rd District, Yassamin joins us with her inspiring perspective on leading progressive change at the federal level. Her election, which makes her the second ever Iranian American to be elected to Congress, brings hope for resilient climate leadership despite federal setbacks.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Outrage and Optimism. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm Tom Rivick-Karnak. |
| 0:17.2 | I'm Christiana Figueres. |
| 0:20.3 | And I'm Paul Dickinson. |
| 0:23.1 | And here we are, my friend. |
| 0:25.1 | Here we are. |
| 0:25.6 | And here we are. |
| 0:26.8 | Here we are. |
| 0:27.4 | Come on, guys. |
| 0:28.0 | I was trying to keep the energy up there. |
| 0:29.2 | All right, this week we're going to dissect what the hell just happened in the United States. |
| 0:34.4 | And we speak to Congresswoman elect Yasimine Ansari. Thanks for being here. |
| 0:43.1 | Okay. So this is pretty tough. |
| 0:52.2 | Oh my God. |
| 0:58.8 | Okay, on a scale of one to 10 can i just ask the two of you how surprised are you on a scale of one to 10 i have two answers to that i i have to confess |
| 1:06.3 | to being massively surprised because i seriously thought should win but the mind mind being what it is, once he won, my mind convinced me that this was sort of, |
| 1:15.6 | I could sort of have slightly seen it coming or should have seen it coming in some way. |
| 1:20.6 | But I have to say this time yesterday, we recall this on the evening UK time of the 6th of November, |
| 1:26.6 | I was feeling pretty good. |
| 1:29.0 | I was feeling actually that she was going to win one or other of the southern states, sweep |
| 1:33.5 | the north, and actually it might not have even been close. And boy, was I wrong. Yeah, me too, |
| 1:38.9 | me too. Paul, how about you? I was exactly the same, except, do you know what? I think my subconscious mind is |
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