The reaction among climate activists to the American public’s decision to hand the keys to the White House back to the Republican candidate has been swift and predictably gloomy, and many are looking to the EU to take the lead if its transatlantic partner turns its back on global climate action for a second time. In his victory speech, president elect Donald Trump made clear his position on fossil fuels: “We have more liquid gold, oil and gas, we have more liquid gold than any country in the world, more than Saudi Arabia. We have more than Russia.” His campaign team signalled in June that he w…