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Climate activists must beat populists at their own game
As Trump and his global far-right allies poison the public mood on decarbonisation, climate advocates must change tactics or risk losing momentum.
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Oxfam activists wearing oversized masks representing world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, at the sidelines of the Cop30 summit.
PHOTO: AFP
As nearly 50,000 delegates leave the Brazilian rainforest city of Belem this weekend after the conclusion of the COP30 United Nations climate talks, a sobering reality looms.
Even with all that has been reported about dysfunction – not least the absence of the United States for the first time in three decades, thanks to the climate heresy of President Donald Trump – optimists will insist the world is quietly winning the decarbonisation battle.
