NEW YORK — Pro-climate government officials and environmental activists have had months to think about a strategy for preventing a second Donald Trump presidency from disrupting their efforts to save the world.
They’ve come up with one main idea: Hope Vice President Kamala Harris wins.
“Winning the election is probably the most important thing for the Democrats,” said Catherine McKenna, who served as Canada’s environment and climate minister during the ex-president’s first term, “having seen what it was like to live under a Trump administration.”
Diplomats, ministers, green advocates and businesses alike avoided engaging publicly with the prospects of a Trump win during nearly a week of events at the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week, both held in New York. But the lack of a concrete, unified counter-Trump strategy — during dozens of conversations and interviews — illustrates the difficulties that would confront the global climate movement if it had to face another hostile administration in Washington.
