Editorial

As the world’s wealthiest country, the main culprit behind the climate crisis and a self-proclaimed global leader, the United States bears a key role in the fight against climate change. So it was eagerly awaited what the US president would bring with him to Egypt. But Joe Biden lived up to expectations on Friday at COP with big words at best. What Biden forgot to bring was a leadership vision, analyzes Bernhard Pötter – and he identifies twelve home-grown obstacles for Biden’s climate plans.