Why world leaders are giving the United States a devastating side-eye
backs up that claim. The survey asked respondents in 17 advanced economies what they thought of America’s efforts to fight climate change. The general view, Pew reported, is that the U.S. response is “wanting.” In all, a cumulative median of 61 percent of people polled said America is doing a bad job dealing with global climate change. That’s a better review than China got: A median of 78 percent of respondents gave Beijing a thumbs-down.
But Moscow and Beijing following in Washington’s footsteps — selfishly ignoring the need for collective action to combat climate change — doesn’t make Biden’s path to gaining global trust much easier. If anything, it shows how in eschewing its responsibilities over the years, the U.S. has set a pattern for other countries to selfishly follow, putting their domestic growth over our global society’s collective survival.
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