The COP30 climate conference got under way this week in Brazil under something of a cloud. Boycotted by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has called climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” it’s attracted less than half the attendees of the one two years ago. Whether pressured by Washington, or seizing licence from it, many countries, Canada among them, have backpedalled on their climate policies as politicians who say we can’t afford the luxury of solving climate change gain influence.
‘You talk about the UK, it’s one of the worst in the world. They believe, this nonsense, this fiction.’
President Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax.#GBNewsTrump pic.twitter.com/MrQmiflXDy
— GB News (@GBNEWS) November 15, 2025
