The world is more divided than ever, and climate cooperation is at risk. In the latest episode of Zero: The Climate Race, Gordon LaForge, a senior policy analyst at New America, discusses the collapse of the rules-based international order and what it means for the planet.
It took two decades to forge the Paris Agreement, but global unity on climate lasted barely ten years. LaForge points to U.S. President Donald Trump as a key driver of fragmentation, accusing him of dismantling the very international system America helped build. The result is a new world order—one that may struggle to address the most pressing challenge of our time.
As nations retreat into self-interest, the question looms: Can climate change still be tackled in a fractured world?