U.S. Accelerates Climate Rollback, Fueling Global Warming and Economic Strain

In the past week, marking one year since President Trump's second inauguration on January 20, 2025, the United States has accelerated its rollback of federal climate policies, recording 304 deregulatory actions as tracked by the Sabin Center's Climate Backtracker at Columbia Law School. These include executive orders like Unleashing American Energy and Declaring a National Energy Emergency, which prioritize fossil fuel development, fast-track oil and gas permitting, reopen Alaska's Arctic refuge for drilling, and pause or terminate wind and solar projects while reviving coal plants set to close. The Department of Energy leads these efforts, followed by the Environmental Protection Agency, with formal rulemaking now comprising nearly a third of actions, doubling the pace of Trump's first term.

The New York Times reports that this embrace of fossil fuels and withdrawal from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, ordered by White House executive order in January 2026, adds fuel to global warming, making it harder to limit temperature rises to safe levels. Bloomberg analysis reveals a stealth heat tax has already cost Americans one trillion dollars, with temperature changes cutting U.S. incomes by twelve percent on average from 2000 to 2019 due to hotter conditions.

Globally, the world remains on track to exceed the Paris Agreement's 1.5-degree Celsius target by decade's end, ahead of projections, as noted in Climate Tech Venture Review updates for January 21, 2026. A United Nations report highlights water bankruptcy from depleted freshwater resources, while sinking boreal trees in the deep Arctic Ocean could sequester billions of tons of carbon yearly, per Phys.org. Earth.Org's January 2026 week three roundup attributes recent heatwaves to climate change, adding 1.6 degrees Celsius despite La Nina cooling, with thirty-two fossil fuel companies responsible for half of 2024's global carbon dioxide emissions.

Emerging patterns show U.S. policy shifts clashing with scientific consensus on rising extreme heat, economic damages, and resource strains, as the Cleantech Forum North America convenes in San Diego from January 26 to 28 to discuss climate technologies amid these tensions.

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