The Guardian view on Donald Trump and the climate crisis: the US is in reverse while China ploughs ahead | Editorial
The president’s destructive policies enrich fossil fuel billionaires, while Beijing has bet big on the green transition Devastating wildfires, flooding and winter storms were among the 23 extreme weather and climate-related disasters in the US which cost more than a billion dollars last year – at an estimated total loss of $115bn . The last three years have shattered previous records for such events. Last Wednesday, scientists said that we are closer than ever to the point after which global ...