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Prime Minister: Political Change Threatens Climate Fight

AZERBAIJAN – One week after a significant leadership change in the united states, Prime Minister Philip Davis said the greatest challenge in the climate fight is political change.

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November 13, 2024

Berthony McDermott

AZERBAIJAN – One week after a significant leadership change in the united states, Prime Minister Philip Davis said the greatest challenge in the climate fight is political change.

While he didn’t specifically mention the United States, Davis said efforts to mitigate climate change should not be sporadic.

During his first term in office, U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the 2015 Paris Agreement which legally binding international climate change treaty and has committed to a repeat when back in office.

Trump has also promised to end the climate change policies implemented under President Joe Biden.

Last week, Prime Minister Davis said he is not concerned that a trump-led administration would potentially impact the climate change fight.

While speaking at the COP29 in Baku, Davis stressed the climate crisis cannot be left in the balance while countries switch leaders.

“If we leave climate action to the whims of political cycles our planet’s future becomes precarious, very precarious,” Davis said.

“The climate crisis does not pause for election or to accommodate the sway of changing political ideas or ties, it demands continuity, commitment and most of all solidarity.”

Davis questioned why world leaders can move with urgency in other global issues, but seemingly drag their feet on climate change.

“The world has found the ability to finance wars, the ability to mobilize against pandemics, yet when it comes to addressing the most profound crisis of our time, the very survival of nations, where is that same ability? It is time to turn ambition into action, promises into plans, and plans into survival.”