US EditionGov. Newsom Blasts Trump Administration for Not Attending Climate Conference in Brazil
Governor Gavin Newsom condemned the Trump administration’s absence at COP30, emphasizing California’s climate leadership amid federal disengagement and economic risks, citing a 1.8°F state temperature rise.
- On Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized President Donald Trump for failing to send high-level U.S. representatives to COP30 in Belém, calling the absence disrespectful while highlighting California's climate leadership at a Milken Institute event in São Paulo.
- After withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, President Donald Trump, President of the United States rolled back emissions policies and opposed international carbon taxes, while U.S. Republicans ended clean energy tax credits recently.
- Touting California's clean-energy progress, Newsom highlighted the state now sources two-thirds of its electricity from renewables and extended the cap-and-invest program through 2045.
- Despite lacking seats at the COP30 negotiating process, Champa Patel said, `The states have that roadmap, they can still follow it and keep to the spirit of Paris,` highlighting limits subnational governments face without federal support, as Nate Hultman added, `The president can't throw a switch and turn everything off – that's not how our system works.`
- With leaders from nearly 200 nations gathered, COP30 in Belém tackles finance with a Brazil-led $125 billion rainforest protection initiative and eyes Ethiopia as informal host of COP32 in 2027.
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