Five ways a Trump presidency would be disastrous for the climate

Second Trump term would restore climate denialism to an Oval Office efficiently dismantling protections

The climate crisis may appear peripheral in the US presidential election but a victory for Donald Trump will, more than any other issue, have profound consequences for people around a rapidly heating world, experts have warned.

During his push for the White House, Trump has called climate change a hoax" and one of the great scams of all time" while vowing to delete spending on clean energy, abolish insane" incentives for Americans to drive electric cars, scrap various environmental rules and unleash a drill, baby, drill" wave of new oil and gas.