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Guest Essay

By David G. Victor

Dr. Victor is a professor of innovation and public policy at the University of California, San Diego, and nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

On its face, 2025 looks like a year of relentless backsliding in the fight against climate change.

President Trump signed a bill that will eliminate most federal funding for clean energy, and he is blocking wind and solar projects and attacking climate science institutions. Five of the states most committed to action on climate change, including Connecticut and Massachusetts, have scaled back or are contemplating ways to scale back their pledges to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.........

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