Among sweeping rightwing electoral victories across the globe, the ‘big loser of the elections has been climate’

Summary

Amid record global heat and worsening climate disasters, 2024’s elections worldwide have highlighted declining political commitment to addressing the climate crisis.

Right-wing victories, including Trump’s U.S. win and climate-skeptic gains in Europe, have sidelined climate action, prioritizing inflation and energy costs instead.

The troubled Cop29 summit in Azerbaijan, marked by stalled emissions cuts and defiant pro-fossil fuel rhetoric, reflects this shift.

While some countries, like the UK, advanced climate agendas, overall momentum is fading, leaving activists and scientists alarmed as time to prevent catastrophic warming runs out.

  • Snot FlickermanEnglish
    23•4 hours ago

    Humans, once again, choose extinction because we’re fucking monkeys in pants flinging shit at each other.

    Honestly, if the majority of us are really this fuckstupid, maybe it’s genuinely deserved.

    • @[email protected]English
      6•4 hours ago

      Yeah, I’m losing interest in humans as well. They’re idiots and they chose their path. Let’s wait and see what’s next.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•2 hours ago

          If we had achieved carcinization by now we wouldn’t have any of these problems — we’d be locking pincers in friendship, skittering sideways across a utopic planet. Alas.

          • @MutilationWaveEnglish
            1•2 hours ago

            If octopuses lived longer than four years they would have done a better job.