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How to Waste $9 Trillion to NOT 'Save the Planet'

By Stephen Moore
Wednesday, September 09 2026

The world has spent $9 trillion to combat climate change since 2020. That is a World War II-type number. Except we won WWII. But now even the left admits that this torrent of money has accomplished ... nothing. According to ESG Today, citing a 2026 United Nations report, the "multinational goal to limit global temperature increase to 1.5 C, identified as the threshold to avoid the most significant impacts of climate change, is now out of reach." The "best-case scenario (is) now at 1.8 C." In other words, we're doomed. Well, not necessarily: According to the UN, Climate Policy…

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