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Commentary by David Sandalow • July 14, 2015
June was a big month for climate diplomacy with announcements from China, Brazil, the US and the Vatican, among others. In his latest commentary, David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy, argues that the 21st annual Conference of Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, set to open in Paris in late November, is already in part a success. You can download and read the full commentary here (pdf).
Energy abundance isn't a climate strategy—it delays clean energy progress, harms global cooperation, and repeats past policy mistakes.
President Donald Trump has made energy a clear focus for his second term in the White House. Having campaigned on an “America First” platform that highlighted domestic fossil-fuel growth, the reversal of climate policies and clean energy incentives advanced by the Biden administration, and substantial tariffs on key US trading partners, he declared an “energy emergency” on his first day in office.
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Commentary by David Sandalow • July 14, 2015