Overview
- Calling the U.S. no-show at the Belém summit “an abomination,” Gavin Newsom said he attended so the country would not be a “footnote.”
- Newsom pledged that a Democratic president would reenter the Paris Agreement immediately, framing the move as both a moral duty and an economic necessity.
- The United States withdrew from the pact under President Donald Trump and is absent from COP30, with no White House representatives present for the first time at a global climate conference.
- Newsom highlighted California as a model, noting it would rank as the world’s fourth-largest economy, sources about two-thirds of its power from clean energy, and targets 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045.
- He tied climate policy to industrial competitiveness, urging U.S. automakers to respond to China’s advances and holding meetings with COP30 leadership in Belém.