The Trump administration has wasted no time in denying the climate crisis - withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, dismantling USAID financing (which is significant at $40bn p.a.) and deleting climate data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), etc.
Yes, this is a huge knock to climate work. It's also an opportunity for philanthropies and public or private partnerships to step up.
Michael Bloomberg, amongst others, is stepping up to ensure the U.S. meets its Paris Agreement goals.
This will change the geopolitical and development aid balance with the U.S. ceding ground to China. One specific example being China Aid providing financial support to replace USAID financing in Cambodia, as seen in The Guardian.
Sadly, many individuals have been impacted by the administrative leave of their USAID, EPA or NOAA-dependent employment contracts. Consider investing in your company's sustainability expertise and supporting these individuals. Or will the U.S. District Judge, Carl Nichols, succeed with the order to halt the plans to cut thousands of jobs..?
Feel welcome to share opportunities on how we can all support to fill the void created by the shutdown of USAID.