{"id":414067,"date":"2025-11-21T08:40:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=414067"},"modified":"2025-11-21T08:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:40:45","slug":"ten-years-after-the-paris-climate-agreement-climatism-is-crumbling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=414067","title":{"rendered":"Ten Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Climatism is Crumbling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"408\" data-attachment-id=\"414076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=414076\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AQMkLWh5Ejr88zRjQ55O9fZws6CkOLUJk5wXme5FNS6UcruPV-T_pkYyhMwLb3hh7Yqpkivd2yx-FRekVyGn4aXAgwgDdFgI-9MurGDTM_zbDfiMGUN0fuX57xbFgPA.jpeg?fit=1714%2C968&amp;ssl=1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AQMkLWh5Ejr88zRjQ55O9fZws6CkOLUJk5wXme5FNS6UcruPV-T_pkYyhMwLb3hh7Yqpkivd2yx-FRekVyGn4aXAgwgDdFgI-9MurGDTM_zbDfiMGUN0fuX57xbFgPA.jpeg?w=1714&amp;ssl=1 1714w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AQMkLWh5Ejr88zRjQ55O9fZws6CkOLUJk5wXme5FNS6UcruPV-T_pkYyhMwLb3hh7Yqpkivd2yx-FRekVyGn4aXAgwgDdFgI-9MurGDTM_zbDfiMGUN0fuX57xbFgPA.jpeg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From The <a href=\"https:\/\/co2coalition.substack.com\/p\/ten-years-after-the-paris-climate\">CO2 Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Steve Goreham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"456\" data-attachment-id=\"414069\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=414069\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-355.png?fit=1280%2C808&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,808\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-355.png?fit=723%2C456&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-355.png?resize=723%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A wide view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, set against a backdrop of blue sky and fluffy white clouds, with a green lawn and trees in the foreground.\" class=\"wp-image-414069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-355.png?resize=1024%2C646&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-355.png?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-355.png?resize=768%2C485&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-355.png?resize=640%2C404&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-355.png?resize=1200%2C758&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-355.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COP30, the United Nations climate conference, is underway in Belem, Brazil. Thousands of representatives from all over the world have journeyed to discuss how to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to try to fight human-caused climate change. But ten years after the Paris Climate Agreement, the global consensus on climate change is crumbling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COP30 is the thirtieth \u201cconference of the parties.\u201d The first took place in Berlin in 1995. At COP21 in Paris in 2015, more than 190 countries&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/11\/11\/climate\/cop30-explainer-belem-brazil\">signed<\/a>&nbsp;the Paris Climate Agreement, pledging to cut emissions and to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 50,000 people are attending COP30 from more than 190 nations. But key world leaders are not&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-skips-cop30-climate-summit-newsom-criticism-tariffs\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aag7e\">attending<\/a>, including President Xi Jinping of China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, and President Donald Trump of the United States. Climatism, the ideology pushing for a global transition to Net Zero energy, faces a rising tide of opposition across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two weeks before COP30, billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates posted a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesnotes.com\/home\/home-page-topic\/reader\/three-tough-truths-about-climate\">memo<\/a>&nbsp;to COP30 on his website titled \u201cThree Tough Truths About Climate.\u201d In it he states that \u201cClimate change is a serious problem, but it will not be the end of civilization,\u201d and also that \u201cUnfortunately, the doomsday outlook is causing much of the climate community to focus too much on near-term emissions goals \u2026 \u201d He also said that \u201cOur chief goal should be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions who live in the world\u2019s poorest countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a remarkable change of position for Mr. Gates, who has spent billions in the fight against climate change over the last two decades. In 2021, he wrote a best-selling&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=bill+gates&amp;i=stripbooks&amp;crid=2FCFQOTZAOOWZ&amp;sprefix=bill+gates%2Cstripbooks%2C144&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_1\">book<\/a>&nbsp;titled&nbsp;<em>How to Avoid a Climate Disaster<\/em>. His shift of emphasis away from stopping emissions to solving real world problems is a move away from climate alarmism and toward common-sense policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Trump&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11447404\/donald-trump-un-climate-change-reaction-facts\/\">called<\/a>&nbsp;climate change \u201cthe greatest scam ever perpetrated on the world\u201d in his address to the UN General Assembly in September. During the last 10 months, the Trump Administration has shut down permits for offshore wind, slashed subsidies for wind, solar, and electric vehicles, cut climate funding, and banned climate change rhetoric in government documents. The US is not sending delegates to COP30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in addition to the United States, opposition to Net Zero and Climatism is rising in other nations. Reform UK, the opposition&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c62k75qp1edo\">party<\/a>&nbsp;led by Nigel Farage in the United Kingdom, is now using the phrase \u201cNet Stupid Zero.\u201d Reform UK is now leading in some political polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alternative f\u00fcr Deutschland, the number two political&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/energywatch.com\/EnergyNews\/Renewables\/article17804553.ece\">party<\/a>&nbsp;in Germany, wants to tear down all wind turbines, calling them \u201cwindmills of shame.\u201d Germany has more than 20,000 wind turbines installed, one of the highest densities in the world. Last month the Nationals&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/nov\/01\/nationals-members-vote-to-ditch-net-zero-target-from-party-platform\">party<\/a>&nbsp;in Australia voted to abandon support for Net Zero. Nationals leader David Littleproud said, \u201cWe believe in reducing emissions, but not at any cost.\u201d Just this week, Australia\u2019s Liberal party also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/cop\/australias-conservative-liberal-party-abandons-net-zero-policy-2025-11-13\/\">abandoned<\/a>&nbsp;Net Zero and pledged to bring down energy prices instead. Australia, Germany, the UK, and other nations are struggling with escalating energy costs and no apparent benefit from Net Zero policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What have thirty UN climate conferences accomplished since 1995? The answer is \u201cno measurable climate benefit.\u201d Since 2000, the world has spent about $10 trillion on renewable energy, but hydrocarbons\u2500 coal, natural gas, and oil\u2500 still provided 87% of world energy in 2024 according to the Energy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energyinst.org\/statistical-review\">Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" data-attachment-id=\"414072\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=414072\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-357.png?fit=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,196\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-357.png?fit=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-357.png?resize=300%2C196&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Graph showing hydrocarbon share of world energy from 1965 to 2024, with coal, gas, and oil distribution highlighted. Key milestones such as the formation of the United Nations IPCC in 1988 and the Kyoto Protocol in 1996 are annotated.\" class=\"wp-image-414072\" style=\"width:346px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1965, global energy consumption has quadrupled and has accelerated since 2000. Every year the world adds about an additional UK worth of energy consumption. Except for the recession year of 2012 and the COVID-19-year of 2020, wind, solar, and other renewables failed to generate enough new energy to provide for the global increase in consumption, let alone replace hydrocarbons.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" data-attachment-id=\"414073\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=414073\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-358.png?fit=300%2C243&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,243\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-358.png?fit=300%2C243&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-358.png?resize=300%2C243&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Graph depicting the total world energy supply from wind and solar sources from 1965 to 2024, showing growth in overall energy consumption.\" class=\"wp-image-414073\" style=\"width:344px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, former US Secretary of State John Kerry&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tQnLxkhCip8\">said<\/a>, \u201cThere shouldn\u2019t be any more coal-fired power plants permitted anywhere in the world.\u201d But global coal consumption continues to rise. Today, more than 6,500 coal-fired power plants&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalenergymonitor.org\/projects\/global-coal-plant-tracker\/tracker\/\">operate<\/a>&nbsp;across the world and another 1,000 are in planning or under construction. In 2024, coal provided 34% of the world\u2019s electricity, the largest source of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global energy consumption will continue to rise. The US has about 80 vehicles for every 100 people, but vehicle usage in Africa and India&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Green-Breakdown-Coming-Renewable-Failure\/dp\/0982499663\/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.HkNRyE4_67ESt-hj0NpbSk6G6HhYeVeZy-DBjDWqwFQt2ZxUxWOD92BvCqXuzrkr.oLEWi9wyy9fKm3HvYBMD1fs9sAN2q-XrlwU11-XMjKY&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=steve+goreham&amp;qid=1762884516&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\">remains<\/a>&nbsp;below 10 vehicles for every 100 people. Today, developed nations use up to 20 times as much plastic as poor nations on a per-person basis. Developing nations will continue to use more hydrocarbon fuels to enable their economies to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Mr. Gates has observed, poverty still characterizes many of the world\u2019s people. Almost 700 million people do not have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Green-Breakdown-Coming-Renewable-Failure\/dp\/0982499663\/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.HkNRyE4_67ESt-hj0NpbSk6G6HhYeVeZy-DBjDWqwFQt2ZxUxWOD92BvCqXuzrkr.oLEWi9wyy9fKm3HvYBMD1fs9sAN2q-XrlwU11-XMjKY&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=steve+goreham&amp;qid=1762884516&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\">access<\/a>&nbsp;to electricity and another two billion have blackouts or brownouts every other day. Over two billion people do not have access to clean water. Millions die each year from malaria, typhoid, and other diseases. World leaders should concentrate on these real problems, instead of unfounded concerns about carbon dioxide emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the political scene to the continued growth of hydrocarbon energy, the global climate consensus and the push for Net Zero is crumbling. It\u2019s time for nations to return to sensible energy policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This commentary was first published by&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearenergy.org\/articles\/2025\/11\/13\/ten_years_after_the_paris_climate_agreement_climatism_is_crumbling_1147153.html\">RealClear Energy<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;on November 13, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/co2coalition.org\/teammember\/steve-goreham\/\">Steve Goreham&nbsp;<\/a>is a speaker on energy, the environment, and public policy and author of the bestselling&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=steve+goreham&amp;i=stripbooks&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_1\">book<\/a>Green Breakdown: The Coming Renewable Energy Failure.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s New!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CO2 Coalition filed this Comment to the EPA on November 3:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/co2coalition.org\/publications\/william-happer-epa-ghgrp-comment-nov-3-2025\/\">William Happer EPA GHGRP Comment Nov. 3, 2025 &#8211; CO2 Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In case you missed it, Dr. William Happer and Dr. Richard Lindzen joined Joe Rogan on his podcast&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zt32chvO_iY\">The Joe Rogan Experience<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COP30, the United Nations climate conference, is underway in Belem, Brazil. 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