The U.S. is giving up on climate – others are cashing in

Donald Trump rolled back decades of US climate policy in his first days back in the Oval Office. But how will his moves affect global progress? #PlanetA #trump #climatechange We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?la... Credits: Author: Beina Xu Supervising Editors: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Kiyo Dörrer Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Fact check: Alexander Paquet Read More links: China Policy - Carbon Brief https://www.carbonbrief.org/policy/ch... The Big Green Machine: Tracking the North American Clean Energy Supply Chain | Clean Energy https://www.the-big-green-machine.com/ How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate Policy - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/cl... Reversing Environmental Rollbacks - UC Berkeley Law https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research... What is the Trump administration’s track record on the environment? https://www.brookings.edu/articles/wh... Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:46 What’s the damage? 2:20 Why is the US...like this? 5:18 It’s the economy, stupid 7:43 Geopolitical pivots