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Climate Change and a Shift of Global Powers in 2021
Predictions for how political powers will realign and the progress made on climate change in 2021
The last year was riddled with events that many of us have learned from. Many more have wanted to move on from. However, the start of the new year will carry on many of the established plot points of 2020. In the United States a presidential era is departed from, but will our allies remember us for who we were, or who we are now? Will our competitors greet us with feigned excitement, or cautious silence? How will the battle for climate change, one of the greatest existential threats to humanity, fair in 2021? In this post we’ll contemplate a few predictions for the world theater and the progress on climate change.
United States, Europe, & China
Throughout the last four years, the United States has been a precarious ally. Repeatedly, we have lambasted trade organizations such as NAFTA. Our administration has started sporadic trade wars with everyone from our economic competitors to our own allies in Europe and Canada. On top of all, we became the only nation to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, a move that can only be interpreted as malicious stupidity from nearly every other country.
