{"id":404868,"date":"2025-09-25T13:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=404868"},"modified":"2025-09-25T13:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:00:20","slug":"the-decline-of-climate-week-nyc-shows-the-net-zero-dream-is-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=404868","title":{"rendered":"The Decline of Climate Week NYC Shows the Net Zero Dream is Dying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Tilak\u00b4s Substack <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Tilak Doshi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As New York City hosts Climate Week NYC and the Global Renewables Summit 2025 this week with much fanfare, the absence of major global leaders at these events speaks volumes. Dubbed by its organisers as \u201cthe world\u2019s largest climate event<\/a>\u201d alongside the annual UN General Assembly, it boasts over 1,000 events and a theme of \u2018Power On\u2019 to rally climate action. Sixteen years after its first \u2018climate week\u2019 in 2009, the event is meant to represent a high profile gathering of senior representatives of government, business and NGOs to provide momentum for the upcoming UN climate change conference in Brazil<\/a> (COP30) in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet the guest list tells a different story: only three heads of state of relatively minor countries \u2014 Kenya\u2019s President William Ruto, the Bahamas\u2019 Prime Minister Philip Davis and Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Prime Minister Gaston Browne \u2014 are confirmed<\/a>. This is a far cry from the global heavyweight presence one might expect. The unelected Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission and Brussels\u2019s chief green cheerleader, is also expected to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of a list of 29 confirmed speakers, those representing NGOs constituted almost half of the total. Government representatives represented 28%, academia just over 3% and the rest (17%) represented for-profit businesses. NGO representatives attending the NYC gala were largely funded by the usual Left-wing billionaire foundations<\/a> such as Bloomberg Philanthropies, Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, ClimateWorks Foundation, IKEA Foundation, Kellogg Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York\u2019s Net Zero Misadventure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This stark contrast between the event\u2019s grandiose rhetoric and its lacklustre political turnout signals a deeper truth \u2013 the global Net Zero movement is losing steam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York\u2019s own energy missteps mirror a broader retreat from radical climate policies. The state\u2019s Climate Act of 2019 discourages fossil fuels across the board. In the realm of electricity, the Act requires 70% of electricity from \u201crenewables\u201d by 2030 and 100% from \u201czero emissions\u201d sources by 2040. \u201cRenewables\u201d and \u201czero emissions\u201d basically mean more wind turbines, solar panels and grid-scale batteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York\u2019s reliance on intermittent renewables \u2014 particularly offshore wind \u2014 has destabilised its electrical power grid, leading to some of the highest electricity rates in the nation. In 2025, average US city electricity rates hit 19 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), a 46% increase since 2016, with New Yorkers paying even steeper bills, at 31 cents per kWh<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democrat-run state government has long opposed the development of natural gas infrastructure \u2013 even as New York sits within easy reach of the Marcellus and Utica shale basins<\/a>, which hold some of the world\u2019s cheapest and most abundant natural gas. State authorities have spent years blocking pipeline projects that could have brought reliable, low-cost energy to millions of households. Instead, the state imports liquefied natural gas (LNG) at high costs from Trinidad and Tobago and Canada to meet regional energy demand of the US Northeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Francis Menton<\/a>, a keen observer of the state\u2019s energy affairs,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than halfway to the 2030 deadline, the progress toward the 70% renewable electricity goal has actually been negative (due to the premature closure of two large nuclear power plants). On the natural gas front, two big pipeline projects have been blocked by the state environmental regulator (DEC) on phony grounds of \u2018water quality\u2019. And meanwhile there are plans for big new electricity consumers (chip plants and data centres) in the upstate area.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As ordinary residents bear the brunt of soaring power prices, policymakers are quietly backpedalling on the very climate commitments once heralded as moral imperatives. The reality of high energy costs, unreliable grids and public pushback is forcing a reckoning, not just in New York but across other Left-progressive states and regions like California and the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In California, Sacramento lawmakers are now being forced into a messy compromise to ease restrictions on oil drilling in the face of mounting public anger over gasoline and power prices. After years of cracking down on California\u2019s oil industry, Governor Gavin Newsom and the Democrat legislature in a complete about-turn<\/a> passed bills to get Kern County oil wells pumping again to avoid soaring gasoline prices. In the EU, it was reported last week<\/a> that member states such as France and Poland are openly rebelling against Brussels\u2019s 2035 climate diktats ahead of COP30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The irony is stark. A state surrounded by shale gas fields has chosen to import LNG at high cost and bet on wind farms that struggle to deliver consistent power, leaving residents and businesses to foot the bill. This policy dogma is unravelling. Governor Kathy Hochul, a staunch advocate of wind energy, is now exploring nuclear options<\/a> as offshore wind projects falter. Two major gas pipeline that were rejected in 2020 are now being reconsidered<\/a>, a tacit admission that green policies have driven energy costs to unsustainable levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has championed renewables, yet the state\u2019s grid reliability remains precarious, with warnings of blackouts looming as demand from AI data centres surges. New York\u2019s energy reality mirrors a broader trend \u2013 the collision of ideological climate goals with the practical need for affordable, reliable power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Global Climate Agenda\u2019s Waning Momentum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate Week NYC\u2019s lack of high-profile global leaders is not an anomaly but a symptom of a broader shift. The event, meant to set the stage for COP30 in Bel\u00e9m, Brazil, struggles to maintain its clout. While the Climate Group touts \u201crecord government engagement\u201d with over 1,000 events, the absence of leaders from major economies like the US, China, India or key EU nations is revealing. Reuters<\/a>, a newswire which cheerleads Net Zero policies, acknowledges a \u201cTrump chill factor\u201d dampening enthusiasm, despite former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres framing the event\u2019s turnout as hugely enthusiastic and a positive reaction to US policy shifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Globally, the Net Zero agenda is faltering and the tide is turning against it<\/a>. As one leading critic<\/a> of the green agenda put it, \u201ceven the New York Times<\/em>, \u2018Masthead for the Blob\u2019, is lamenting the collapse of the Paris Agreement hopes and dreams\u201d. Anthony Watts, the founder of the leading climate contrarian blog Watts Up With That?<\/em> observes<\/a> that things must have become so self-evident when even David Wallace-Wells, the self-professed chief chronicler of \u2018climate catastrophe\u2019 for the New York Times,<\/em> admits<\/a> \u201cwhat has long been obvious to anyone outside the climate activist bubble: the age of Paris is over, and the world has lost its appetite for climate politics\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COP30 Implications: A Pivot to Pragmatism?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Climate Week NYC sets the stage for COP30, the event\u2019s shortcomings foreshadow challenges for the Brazil climate conference. COP30 aims to strengthen Nationally Determined Contributions<\/a> (NDCs) and secure climate finance for vulnerable nations, but the tepid political engagement in New York suggests a lack of global consensus. The \u2018Power On\u2019 theme, meant to inspire action, feels hollow when major economies prioritise energy security over emissions targets. President Trump\u2019s far-reaching energy counter-revolution<\/a>, which took the US out of the Paris Agreement and seeks \u2018energy dominance\u2019 based on fossil fuels suggests that COP30 will be sorely lacking in international commitments to Net Zero policy targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York\u2019s backpedalling offers a glimpse into COP30\u2019s potential trajectory. Climate Week NYC 2025, with its parade of NGO talking heads and sparse political heavyweights, encapsulates the Net Zero movement\u2019s crossroads. New York\u2019s energy woes \u2014 high prices, grid instability, threats of blackouts \u2014 reflect a broader global reckoning and a retreat from renewables dogma. The state\u2019s flirtation with nuclear and gas pipelines, like California\u2019s softened oil policies and the EU\u2019s wavering 2035 targets, signals a shift toward pragmatism. The path forward requires acknowledging that energy reliability and affordability are non-negotiable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York City\u2019s Climate Week echo chamber, dominated by well-funded NGOs, ignores these realities, preaching to a choir increasingly drowned out by public discontent. COP30 must move beyond symbolic gestures and address the economic fallout of Net Zero policies or risk further irrelevance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article was first published in The Daily Sceptic ( https:\/\/dailysceptic.org\/2025\/09\/24\/the-decline-of-climate-week-nyc-shows-the-net-zero-dream-is-dying\/<\/a> )<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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