There is much that is alarming about Trump the sequel − the disdain for the rule of law, the blatant corruption, the abandonment of “soft power,” harm to medical research, the bullying of higher education. Count the reversal on climate change among the most reckless.

The United Nations‘s top court issued a nonbinding declaration Wednesday that countries are obligated to take action against climate change. If states fail to take measures to mitigate climate change,