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Sep 25, 2026
Vernon LoebGUEST
Well, their level of urgency gets greater and greater, and they're bearing more and more of the brunt of climate change disasters.
Vernon LoebGUEST
And so, again, with every COP, their level of urgency increases and the level of action by the developed nations sort of stays the same, which is, again, led by the Petro-State's Nothing really happens on fossil fuel phase-outs.
Vernon LoebGUEST
And also in terms of aid for the developing world, as I said, contributions by the developed nations have been very, very disappointing.
Vernon LoebGUEST
As I said, a mere fraction of really what's needed now to help developing worlds cope with climate.
Nils GilmanGUEST
These are not things that are going to happen overnight, but over the long run, they make the world a much less pleasant place to live, and it's not the world that I would choose to live if I were making the decisions.
Michael LesterHOST
Well, thank you, Nils Gilman, for joining us from New York.
Michael LesterHOST
Nils, a historian, senior advisor with the Berggruen Institute, ALA-based think tank, to talk about your article, The New Metabolic World Order Opposing the Petrostates Will Be the Green Entente, which was in a recent issue of Foreign Policy Magazine out of D.C. with various scenarios addressing the world after Trump.
Michael LesterHOST
Thanks so much, Nils, for joining us.
Chrissy MackHOST
Thank you so much, Michael.
Steve SandersHOST
Should we be worried? Should we stop worrying about whether we should be worried? Luckily, we'll quickly get the chance to bounce back at Chex Notes Manchester City.
Steve SandersHOST
Nothing like facing a Petro State funded club to get you feeling good about football again.
Steve SandersHOST
That will probably lead us to talking about rotation.
Steve SandersHOST
Why can't these players just run really fast and hard all the time? Plus, offside goals that were and onside goals that weren't.