John Podesta Doubles Down on Climate Agenda Despite Trump's Return—Is America Ready for the Cost?

"2024 will be the hottest year on record."

US climate envoy John Podesta, speaking at COP29:

"The consequences of a rapidly warming planet are all around us. From the hundreds of people killed by hurricanes Helene and Milton in the United States, to the millions of children at risk of starvation in southern Africa from the worst drought in decades."

"Colleagues, we have a clear choice between a safer, cleaner, fairer future, and a dirtier, more dangerous and more expensive one. We know what to do."