A missed opportunity in the U.S. election

The existential threat of the climate emergency got short shrift during the American presidential race.

Despite the fact that polls indicate 65 per cent of Americans are concerned by planetary warming, climate change was not amongst the top 10 concerns of voters, writes Joseph Ingram. Unsplash photograph by Li-An Lim

Opinion

BY JOSEPH INGRAM

November 14, 2024

The armchair quarterbacks are out in droves, with television screens for the past several days filled with pundits from both the right and left of the political spectrum. Voters for both United States president-elect Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala Harris, as well as ...

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