A new world order is emerging. Can it tackle climate change?
Zero: The Climate Race
Bloomberg
4.8 • 296 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
We are living in an increasingly divided world. It took two decades to get to the Paris Agreement, and then global cooperation really lasted only for a decade. One key reason for this fragmentation is US President Donald Trump, who has taken an axe to the rules-based international order that America helped build. This week on Zero, Gordon LaForge, senior policy analyst at think tank New America, tells Akshat Rathi what comes next, and how progress can still be made on climate.
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| 1:00.1 | Welcome to Zero. I'm Akshadrati. This week, what the new world order looks like. |
| 1:05.2 | Thank you. We are living in a fragmenting world. It's a cliche, but it's true. It took two decades to get to the Paris Agreement, and then global cooperation really lasted only one decade. |
| 1:29.4 | As of this year, it looks like most major emiters are dialing down their ambition. |
| 1:35.1 | Sure, it's only the US that has pulled out of the Global Pact, but both China and India, the two |
| 1:40.5 | largest carbon polluters, have signalled caution about their own efforts to cut emissions |
| 1:45.2 | over the next decade. Even, as I should note, the need for climate action has only become more urgent. |
| 1:52.4 | And of course, climate isn't the only victim of a fragmenting world. Wars are hurting people |
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