So, after all, Donald Trump doesn’t think climate change is a hoax perpetuated by the Chinese as a deliberate ploy to undermine America’s industrial competitiveness. That, you might think, means he will now take the issue seriously. Don’t get your hopes up though.

Talking to CBS’s 60 Minutes programme this weekend, Trump said he remained unconvinced that the rise in global temperatures was a consequence of human activity. “Something’s changing…” he acknowledged, “…and it’ll change back again.” How, he did not explain. Indeed, as for doing anything to reverse the present warming trend, he made clear: “I don’t want to give trillions and trillions of dollars. I don’t want to lose millions and millions of jobs.”