World Bank loans
You suggest that the international community should commit to significant emissions reductions. In order to help facilitate this, developed countries should substantially increase the World Bank's climate change loan funds. Developing countries could use these loans to help ease the economic burden of developing renewable energy solutions in the short term. Furthermore, the World Bank would offer favorable loan terms to developing countries, so as not to undermine long-term economic stability.
As the president of the United States crafting national and international strategies for dealing with climate change, you have made a series of decisions. Let's analyze the implications of each of your choices.
First, you decided to simply announce a new set of carbon emissions goals instead of advocating for concrete policy change. This decision will not help the US combat climate change as the goals you have set are unenforceable. Lobbyists, NGOs, scientists, and the international community are sick of toothless political statements and view your attempt at domestic leadership on climate change as a failure.
Second, you chose to pursue an international agreement on climate change. Your strategy to get developing countries on board by providing loans through the World Bank was unsuccessful as many countries such as China, India, and Brazil expressed concern over the effectiveness of the loans. Many of the developing countries view the loans as economically destabilizing in the long term. Unfortunately, you were unable to coalesce the international community towards a comprehensive solution to climate change.
Overall, you have done a poor job. You did not make any meaningful progress with regards to domestic energy policy. Furthermore, you were unable to foster a multilateral response to climate change. As the threat of climate change looms large, the international community must band together and act before it is too late.