What will remain of the major virtual climate summit organized by the United States? Promises, commitments, debates and this first certainty: five years after Washington signed the Paris Agreement, America is making a comeback on the world stage. The vast digital confabulation launched by Joe Biden certainly has little chance of leading to a “Green deal” on a planetary scale. While the pandemic is in no way under control, let’s say that at first it looks like an end to the crisis. United States, China, Russia, Europe, Japan, Great Britain: behind the scenes, each at their own pace and in their own way, the major and lesser powers are preparing for the economic, financial and geopolitical tussle of the post -covid which, if we are to believe the chancelleries, promises to be merciless. Breaking with the isolationism of the Trump years, Biden’s America is taking the lead. On the one hand, stimulus plans and monumental investments. On the other, the quest for world leadership in the face of the Chinese challenge. One does not go without the other. By spectacularly reviving multilateralism on the theme of the climate emergency, the strategy can only be a winner for the White House. Despite the high tensions around Ukraine and the opponent Nalvany, Putin did not dare to snub the summit. Despite the bird names exchanged and the distrust inspired by Biden, Xi Jinping, the planet’s leading transmitter, preferred to play the game. It must be said that the state of the globe is only getting worse and Beijing cannot s exempt from its own responsibilities. While growth will not return to its 2019 level for two years, CO2 emissions are already close to their highest level! By opposing the vaccine diplomacy of the Russians and the Chinese to the environmental fact, America regains control. Even its oil giants that have thrived on shale gas are setting out to sequester carbon! But, although the time lost is hardly made up for, it is still Europe that is leading the way in the fight against global warming.
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