The Dems are already cleaning up their act, and if the system works, and Trump is impeached for treason, the GOP will need to clean house too.
We might just end up with an actual, honest to goodness, functioning democracy in the U.S. as politicians seek to regain trust.
This is not unrelated. This is directly related.
If the US was some little country in the Pacific where they could do whatever they wanted with little consequence it wouldn't matter, but they're not. They're one of the largest polluters in the world and the largest economy, so it's absolutely important that they steer in the right direction to avoid disaster.
Currently the fossil fuels industries and other "old school" extraction industries tend to align with the Republican party in the United States.
The issue is less "Republican party" and more those certain industries that stubbornly resist the notion a concept that could damage their businesses. I get the impression, for instance, that the much-maligned Koch family privately is aware of climate change. However, being in an industry that would be impacted by any regulatory push, they put up all psychological blinders to not only deny it -- but actively pursue an agenda against it. And they are not the only extraction industry leaders that do this.
That Upton Sinclair quote comes to mind: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it".
I do not know if there is a similar situation in other countries; it's going to take more than just United States industry direction to slow down climate change, after all.
And the politicians actively choose to maintain, and reinforce, the policies and actions which contribute to that difference.
They couldn't be more wrong.
You mean the Republicans get voted out of office completely and the other party isn't completely incompetent? On that day.