Environment Digest 21
The USA’s renewed commitments to international climate efforts
The United States of America has for a very long time been the unrivalled global political-economic superpower, and this has far-reaching implications for the global community. Its political-economic status enables it to influence international trade and markets, as well as the regulations, laws and institutions that govern international relations – mostly for its own benefit. In recent years this has had worrying consequences for climate change.