The US Presidential election will have very little impact on global warming.
It's rather insane and completely baseless for a news organization to suggest the world is headed for catastrophe if not for a particular outcome.
It's rather insane and completely baseless for a news organization to suggest the world is headed for catastrophe if not for a particular outcome.
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1318037237271949312
Especially obvious once you realize Trump's election hasn't made much difference in the trajectory of US emissions, which have been steady or declining since 2006 or our share of global emissions. 
Their main evidence for the claim was that the US withdrew from the Paris agreement, but they fail to note that most other countries failed to live up to their promises in that agreement, U.S. has continued to reduce emissions, and there was nothing binding in that agreement.
Also, the fact that the article cites Michael Mann as its main expert and praises China's empty pledge for carbon neutrality by 2060 as a "game-changer" are good signals that you shouldn't take it seriously.
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