NEW YORK — The annual Climate Week here was supposed to be a collective pep talk of sorts for advocates still reeling from the Trump administration’s early quest to crush climate policies.
With pockets stuffed with business cards and plastic lanyard name tags around their necks, representatives from environmental and philanthropy organizations, corporations and governments flocked to Manhattan this week for panel discussions, fundraising events and TV hits.
They hoped to bolster enthusiasm for the climate movement, green financing and a global shift toward renewable energy, despite the Trump administration’s onslaught against domestic climate policies and its open disdain for international efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Then Trump appeared before the United Nations.
