Essay by Eric Worrall
A desperate cry for help?
Clean energy is inevitable despite Trump
The world is not on track to meet its climate targets, and the devastating effects of global warming are appearing faster than many anticipated. But the undeniable progress made in the Paris climate agreement’s first decade provides reason to hope that more progress can be made.
By Jennifer Morgan
Oct. 3, 2025
Brexit, Donald Trump, Covid-19, Russia’s war on Ukraine, Trump 2.0: During the decade since the Paris climate agreement was signed, the debates about global warming have become both more heated and, too often, more dishonest.
I witnessed this as head of Greenpeace International – working with environmental scientists and climate campaigners on the ground – and as Germany’s state secretary for climate policy and special envoy for international climate action.
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True, the world is not on track to meet its climate targets, and the devastating effects of global warming are appearing faster than many of us anticipated. But the undeniable progress since 2015 provides reason to hope that more progress can be made.
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Understandably, fossil-fuel interests – and the Trump administration – want nothing of the kind. They have not overlooked the rewiring of the global economy, and while they seem surprised and worried that it is going faster than any of them anticipated, they are not ready to accept their inevitable decline sitting on their hands. After all, the Trump administration is working fiendishly to bring back fossil fuels and to destroy not only America’s clean energy, but also foreign green competition to US coal and oil.
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Read more: https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/clean-energy-is-inevitable-despite-trump/
Jennifer Morgan was head of greenpeace between 2016 and 2022. I had to look it up – I can’t think of a single memorable thing she did during her tenure.
Back in the real world, there is no evidence the green transition is forging ahead.
The Net Zero banking alliance just collapsed, and governments are backing off their climate commitments.
The rise of artificial intelligence has driven a surge in energy demand which has driven tech companies to water down their green commitments.
A few holdouts like Australia and Britain are clinging to the faith, pretending the Net Zero transition is still going to happen, but back in the real world even former star advocates like Reuters admit the green energy transition is dead.
Even if Jennifer’s “devastating events” were to happen, and climate change were to stir up the weather, the world still wouldn’t embrace renewables. Renewables are too vulnerable to storm damage.
COP30 in Brazil will be a wake, a requiem for a failed green movement, not a celebration of achievement. People who think the green transition is powering ahead are not paying attention to what is really happening.
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