Trump's against climate action. But some right-wing governments are all for it

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7:53 AM on Thursday, November 21, 2024

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and SETH BORENSTEIN

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Donald Trump's second term as the U.S. president is certain to bring a retreat from aggressive action on climate change. He's downplayed climate risks and promised to drill for more oil and gas. But not all right-wing governments around the world take the same approach on climate. Conservative governments in Hungary, Italy and the Philippines have called climate change a threat that requires action. And they see economic opportunity in that action. Activists and experts say part of the difference in the U.S. is a decades-long effort by fossil fuel interests and others to create doubt about climate science. That influence remains. Meanwhile, Hungary's right-wing leader Viktor Orbán has called for “establishing Europe as a global leader in climate action.”