Getting 194 nations to agree on anything, let alone a global energy system that drives economies, is difficult. Yet without an international deal that sets targets for all, no one nation can be certain that others will pull their weight. Outstanding leadership is needed from the big players such as the US and China. But with rich nations transfixed by the economic crisis, there's little appetite to really tackle the climate crisis. That is despite the certainty that dealing with global warming after 2020 will cost far more than acting now. It comes down to the fact that most countries don’t care about climate change enough to make limiting emissions a priority, in front of problems that seem much larger and crowd pleasing to the politician in power. Especially because often times these world leaders have double agendas, people and companies with a large financial stake in emitting heat-trapped gasses due to running fossil fuel companies, or large industrial companies often times have a great amount of influence and have been long time donors to the politicians campaign, so crossing them would not be in the interest of the politician. This is evident because in the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, few aspects of the American political landscape have suffered as much as the environmental movement. The White House has thrown the Environmental Protection Agency into turmoil, threatened wildlife conservation, and repealed President Obama’s carbon-cutting Clean Power Plan. To top it off, the Trump Administration also opened up 90% of the currently available offshore waters open to drilling in the next 5 years. Scott Pruitt, the chief of the Environmental protect Agency isn’t much better. Pruitt is a noted climate sceptic, and has a well-documented history as a mouthpiece for major oil and gas companies. In 2014, the New York Times published an 84-page correspondence between Pruitt and Oklahoma oil and gas giant, Devon Energy. Pruitt has also taken in nearly $325,000 in donations from energy companies. The EPA run by Pruitt, faces similar conflicts of interest: Erik Baptist, the agency’s senior deputy general counsel, previously worked for the American Chemistry Council. There has been a total of at least $7 million donation from energy companies to Trump’s Inauguration.  Companies and executives from oil, natural gas, and coal were some of the largest donors to the Trump campaign. Chevron Corp. donated $525,000 while Exxon Mobile Corp., BP, and Citgo each contributed $500,000. Murray Energy Corp. a major coal mining company whose head, Bob Murray, has close ties with Trump himself, donated $300,000. These same companies were influential in Trump pulling out of the Paris Accord, and resisting the idea of carbon tax in America. Its important the individuals in power, would stop representing the 1% of Americans with the deepest pockets, and instead represent the general population of Americans who are suffering the consequences of climate change on a daily basis.