The global elites have descended on Baku, Azerbaijan, for COP29, the latest installment in the never-ending climate alarmist circus. This year’s sideshow features the so-called “Baku Climate Unity Pact,” a pledge by developed nations to cough up $300 billion annually to fund the world’s green energy dreams. Predictably, this is still a fraction of the $1.3 trillion developing countries claim they need. And guess who’s refusing to chip in? None other than the world’s largest polluter and Communist stronghold: China.
Let’s break this down. The United Nations, in its infinite wisdom, continues to classify China—a global superpower with the second-largest economy on the planet—as a “developing country.” This farcical designation allows Beijing to sidestep its financial obligations and even position itself to siphon funds from the very pot it’s supposed to contribute to. While the U.S. doles out billions in climate financing—more than $10 billion just in 2024—China smugly pays lip service to climate goals while emitting over a quarter of the world’s CO2.
The Communist Party mouthpiece Global Times shamelessly argued that China must “fight back against unreasonable funding demands.” Really? This is the same regime that’s been pumping out CO2 emissions like a coal-fired factory on steroids, yet it refuses to take responsibility for its actions. Between 2013 and 2022, China contributed a measly 6% to global climate financing. For a nation that loves to tout its superpower aspirations, it’s acting more like a freeloading opportunist.
Meanwhile, the U.N. trots out its predictable sob story: developing nations are disproportionately impacted by climate change, suffering from crop failures, disease outbreaks, and natural disasters. True or not, the real culprit behind skyrocketing emissions isn’t in Sub-Saharan Africa or the Pacific Islands—it’s in Beijing, where coal plants are still being built at a breakneck pace.
Here’s the rub: China wants to be treated as a global leader when it suits its agenda, but it’s quick to play the victim card when it’s time to open its wallet. If the PRC wants the privileges of superpower status, it needs to step up and act like one. That means paying its fair share to address the mess it’s made. Instead, the Biden administration continues enabling China’s duplicity while hardworking Americans are stuck footing the bill for a global guilt trip.
Donald Trump had it right when he called out the Paris Climate Agreement as a scam designed to fleece the United States. Unlike Biden, Trump understands that real leadership means putting America first—not handing over taxpayer dollars to corrupt bureaucracies and freeloading regimes. The solution isn’t another bloated pact; it’s holding China accountable and letting the free market innovate us out of the hysteria the left perpetually stokes.
