{"id":32874,"date":"2017-01-20T11:22:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T11:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=32874"},"modified":"2017-01-20T11:22:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T11:22:28","slug":"your-views-climate-hope-in-the-trump-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2017\/01\/20\/your-views-climate-hope-in-the-trump-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Your views: climate hope in the Trump era"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Washington prepares to inaugurate Donald J Trump as president on Friday, these are uncertain times for the climate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the leader of the free world surrounds himself with oil men and appears ambivalent at best about greening the US economy, what gives you hope?<\/p>\n

We asked email subscribers<\/a>. Your answers suggest a response rooted in local action, while staying connected to like-minded people.<\/p>\n

Julia Christian<\/strong> takes heart from a state that is going beyond federal targets<\/a>. “California\u2019s climate policy (biggest economy in the US, biggest population, and responsible for much of its energy consumption) make me feel less depressed! Energy policy is mostly done at the state level anyway, and California has been & will continue to be at the forefront of renewable energy transition in the US,” she writes.<\/p>\n

J\u00fcrg Staudenmann<\/strong> isn’t a fan of Trump’s politics, but sees a silver lining in his protectionist stance: “If indeed (who knows) he will close borders and thus weakens US-global trade relations, less shipping and flying around of resources, half-goods and products may result in less carbon emissions from the globalized transport sector.<\/p>\n

“Weren\u2019t we as climate activists always against unnecessary ‘globalization’, i.e. that the various steps in manufacturing for one product are\u00a0more and more scattered around the globe due to low-wage and other ‘economic reasons’? I put this in quotation marks, since a true economic approach would count in external costs as well, but they are usually not internalised in global trade-deals, as we all know.”<\/p>\n

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#Trump<\/a> is the only one that COULD convince Republican sceptics about #climatechange<\/a>, IF he chose to do so (e.g. for good business reasons?) https:\/\/t.co\/relMAanzTG<\/a><\/p>\n

— J\u00fcrg Staudenman \ud83d\udd4a #Peace \ud83c\udf0d #PlanetaryJustice (@staudenmann) January 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n