Trump, Cop29 and why Chinese eco-warrior Ma Jun sees green shoots of hope


Ma Jun is the director and founder of the Beijing-based NGO, the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), which leads a campaign for China’s environmental transparency through initiatives such as the Blue Map app. Ma was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2006 and worked for the South China Morning Post from 1993 to 2000. This interview first appeared in SCMP Plus.

Incoming US president Donald Trump is expected to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. What are the implications for the global climate change response and the United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop)?

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