By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MATTHEW DALY

WASHINGTON (AP) — The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and Republicans’ takeover of the U.S. Senate could roll back many of the nation’s climate policies that most reduce greenhouse gas emissions responsible for global warming, climate solutions experts say.

When they list the measures that make the most difference, it matches the policies Trump said he would target.

These setbacks will come as more lives are lost to heat waves, as record amounts of climate pollution accumulate in the atmosphere, as the United States has been hit by what could be two of its worst hurricanes. more expensive and that nations will meet in Baku. , Azerbaijan next week for climate negotiations, have failed to take strong steps to change these realities.

Here are some of the measures.

The Inflation Reduction Act, the country’s historic climate law

This law is important as it is expected to reduce U.S. emissions by about 40% by 2030, if it proceeds as planned in the coming years.

It channels money into measures to replace clean energy with dirty energy. One of the main ways to do this is to provide credit to entrepreneurs who build new solar and wind farms.

But it is not limited to that. It encourages geothermal energy developers and companies to separate carbon dioxide from their smokestacks and bury it underground. This encourages the next generation of nuclear power. It gives a $7,500 tax credit to people who buy electric cars. People who buy their car used can also get credit, provided they don’t make too much money to qualify.