Donald Trump’s election victory as the next US president ‘won’t be a death knell to the clean energy transition that has rapidly picked up pace these last four years’, according to the World Resources Institute.  

Dan Lashof, US Director of the global research nonprofit, believes that Trump will be met with resistance when he takes up office in 2025. 

‘President Trump will face a bipartisan wall of opposition if he attempts to rip away clean energy incentives now,’ he said, citing that officials in the US Congress in both political parties see clean energy as ‘a huge moneymaker and a job creator’. 

According to figures released by the US government’s energy department, clean energy jobs increased by 142,000 in 2023 – half of clean energy jobs currently available.  

Of the overall energy workforce, 56 percent worked in clean energy. 

‘There is no denying that another Trump presidency will stall national efforts to tackle the climate crisis and protect the environment, but most U.S. state, local, and private sector leaders are committed to charging ahead. And you can count on a chorus of world leaders confirming that they won’t turn their back on climate and nature goals,’ he said in a statement that will provide hope to climate philanthropy as it confronts worries about a climate sceptic world leader taking power once again. 

Lashof added that in the US, both ‘Republican-led and Democratic-led states are seeing the benefits of wind, solar, and battery manufacturing and deployment thanks to the billions of dollars of investments unleashed by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act’.  

Trump’s climate policy is predicted to be largely focused on binning the Biden administration’s regulations intended to cut carbon emissions and move away from fossil fuels. 

Shafi Musaddique is the news editor at Alliance magazine.