Election 2024: What Are Harris/Walz Promising On Climate?
While their historical action is good, are they turning up the volume on action in their platform?
As the US 2020 Presidential election cycle swings into speed, with Harris revving the Democrats into high gear and Trump melting down, the Democratic National Convention brought with it the release of the 2024 platform. With that document comes a greater opportunity to more finely determine how the Democratic party is considering climate action compared to other agenda items.
It’s worth noting that the Republicans are making up for the complete lack of any platform in 2020, having merely had a short document saying that what Trump says goes. This year, they have the 900-page Project 2025, a blueprint developed by conservative organizations which poses a significant threat to democratic institutions in the US. Originating from right-wing think tanks and a leadership and authoring team tightly linked to Donald Trump, it seeks to centralize executive power, diminish the independence of federal agencies, and erode civil liberties. The project’s transparent goal is to entrench authoritarian governance, undermining checks and balances vital to American democracy. From a climate perspective, it’s a complete reversal of all climate action.
