"Then Gov. Gavin Newsom rounded the corner, flanked by staff and security. They moved in tandem through the corridors on Tuesday as media swarmed and cellphone cameras rose into the air. "Hero!" one woman shouted. "Stay safe - we need you," another attendee said. Others didn't hide their confusion at who the man with slicked-back graying hair causing such a commotion was."
"But on climate, it's not all performance. California's carbon market and zero-emission mandates have given the state outsize influence at summits such as COP30, where its policies are seen as both durable and exportable. The state has invested billions in renewables, battery storage and electrifying buildings and vehicles and has cut greenhouse gas emissions by 21% since 2000 - even as its economy grew 81%."
Delegates from around the world convene at the Amazon-built COP30 hub amid media attention and intense negotiations. Gov. Gavin Newsom arrived to visible fanfare and framed his attendance as preventing the United States from becoming a footnote. The national climate stance shifted under President Trump toward skepticism, prompting Newsom's escalated political rhetoric. California's climate initiatives — a carbon market, zero-emission mandates, and major investments in renewables, battery storage, and electrification — have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 21% since 2000 while its economy grew 81%. State policies exert outsized influence at global summits due to durability and exportability.
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